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AI models still suck at math

Just less than before, according to the ORCA test exclusive Current-day LLMs are prediction engines and, as such, they can ...
Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy ...
Being ‘bad at math’ is a pervasive concept. Can it be banished from schools? Math education leaders have long said children should not be labeled “bad at math,” even if they struggle mightily with the ...
California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...
Multiple studies have proven that when parents feel anxious about math, they tend to pass that uneasiness on to their ...
A new bill would require districts to screen for — and help — students falling behind in math in the early grades, just as they now do for students with challenges in reading.
The 74 shares insights from math education experts about the societal tendency to classify kids as "bad" or "good" at the subject instead of normalizing accommodations and tutoring. Math education ...