Are you smart enough to pass a Common Core math test for fifth-graders? How would you fare on the new Common Core standardized tests that have generated so much debate and so many low scores?

After an article about North Carolina teachers failing math test required for licensure got national circulation, math-minded readers wanted to see for themselves how hard the test is.

It’s a tough test — but not so tough to pass. New York high-schoolers who took the Regents Common Core Algebra I exam this month had to earn just 27 of 86 points, or 31.4 percent, to pass. On ...

Test your knowledge and see if you can pass a Common Core fifth-grade math test.There are 15 questions in this sample. When you're done, see how well you did!

Yet math is obviously important—it’s a gatekeeper to careers in science, medicine, technology, and engineering. The good news is that according to Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics ...

Graduates of teacher-training programs need to pass standardized tests before they can get hired. But over half fail one commonly given test on their first try, and 25% never pass. One reason ...

But that doesn’t make life any easier for the nearly 7,000 students in the Class of 2013 who have yet to pass the newly required math test and didn’t get their diplomas last month.