This article was originally published in South Carolina Daily Gazette. COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 ...

HISD plans to put all 6th–7th graders on an accelerated math track so Algebra I can happen in 8th grade, the district says.

Tests are graded with an A+ and an F. (Photo by Getty Images) COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, according ...