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  2. Mathematics education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Success in middle-school mathematics courses is correlated with having an understanding of numbers by the start of first grade. [42] This traditional sequence assumes that students will pursue STEM programs in college, though, in practice, only a minority are willing and able to take this option. [4] Often a course in Statistics is also offered ...

  3. Five Score and Seven Years Ago - Wikipedia

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    The "Seven Years Ago" links with the fact that the group's first album was created seven years prior to the release of this album, making for five albums in seven years. It also ties in with the famous line, "Four score and seven years ago", delivered by Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln is addressed in the first track, "Plead ...

  4. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes the 5-based weighing scale is used for AP courses and the 4.6-based scale for honors courses, but often a school will choose one system and apply it universally to all advanced courses. A small number of high schools use a 5-point scale for Honors courses, a 6-point scale for AP courses, and/or a 3-point scale for courses of below ...

  5. Number Sense (UIL) - Wikipedia

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    The test for Grades 7-8 covers the subjects under Grades 4-6 plus algebra, geometry and number theory. The test for Grades 9-12 covers the subjects under both Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-8 plus analysis, trigonometry and calculus. For Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-8 each school may send up to three students per division.

  6. Mathcounts - Wikipedia

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    The Mathcounts Competition Series spread quickly in middle schools, and today it is the best-known middle school mathematics competition. [5] In 2007, Mathcounts launched the National Math Club as a noncompetitive alternative to the Competition Series. In 2011, Mathcounts launched the Math Video Challenge Program, which was discontinued in 2023 ...

  7. List of mathematics competitions - Wikipedia

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    American Mathematics Contest 8 (AMC->8), formerly the American Junior High School Mathematics Examination (AJHSME) Math League (grades 4–12) MATHCOUNTS; Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools (MOEMS) Noetic Learning math contest (grades 2-8) Pi Math Contest (for elementary, middle and high school students)

  8. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year.. In the United States of America, grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to third grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject.

  9. New Math - Wikipedia

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    Under A. N. Kolmogorov, the mathematics committee declared a reform of the curricula of grades 4–10, at the time when the school system consisted of 10 grades. The committee found the type of reform in progress in Western countries to be unacceptable; for example, no special topic for sets was accepted for inclusion in school textbooks.