High school results in math are devastating low

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High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Education Progress.

The new report, known as the Nation’s Report Card, was released Monday by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Department of Education. It is the first nation’s report card to be released since the coronavirus pandemic.

You can read the full report HERE

Dyscalculia handout

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From the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education a nice pdf about LEARNING DISABILITIES IN MATHEMATICS (DYSCALCULIA).

Great handout download it HERE

A great career despite Dyscalculia

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From a young age, Ms Annabel Law has taken the road less travelled. She dropped out of school at 10 due to dyscalculia. Ms Law has charted her own path to personal fulfilment and success. At 16, she became one of Singapore’s first female photographers in the wedding industry.

Read the story HERE

Germany waking up to dyscalculia

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Those who suffer from dyscalculia have difficulties with numbers and quantities. On average, two pupils per class are affected. The SPD wants to improve equal opportunities.

Pupils with dyscalculia need better support, according to the SPD and the Greens. Following a hearing in the state parliament, SPD education expert Gerald Eisenblätter called for dyscalculia to be recognized as a partial performance weakness and for those affected not to be disadvantaged. While this has already been done in the case of dyslexia, pupils with such an impairment have so far been denied this status. Early diagnosis, a right to compensation for disadvantages and individual support measures are needed.

Read the whole article HERE

News from the easyCBM team ICYMI

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The easyCBM team has some exciting announcements for the 2025-2026 school year.

New Manual
We have updated the easyCBM User’s Manual — now in a new, easy-to-read format. Be sure to check it out!
Updated National Norms (2025)
Every five years, the easyCBM team at the University of Oregon updates our national norms to ensure that interpretation of student performance reflects current grade-level expectations. Although the vast majority of norms remain quite stable from one norming cycle to another, small changes are to be expected. Data for the updated national norms were pulled from SY 24-25. Our next update will occur in 2030. A technical report, which describes the 2025 national norming in detail, can be found at: https://brtprojects.org/publications/technical-reports/
Updated Default Risk Ratings / Percentile Rank Association
In addition to updating our national norms, we have updated the default settings for the percentile lines (which appear on individual graphs) and risk ratings (which appear in group and benchmark reports). The new settings are: 25th percentile = “high risk”, 26th – 40th percentile = “some risk”, and 41st percentile and above = “low risk”. These settings are empirically grounded and reflect current research on student performance in relation to their peers and successful attainment of “grade level content and performance standards” by the end of the school year. These updated defaults match the guidance provided in the easyCBM User’s Manual.

Please note: We understand that individual school and district policies may require you to use different percentile ranks for your risk ratings. Deluxe subscribers have the ability to override the default settings. To do so, log into your account, click on the Account tab, then on the Manage Settings button, then adjust the settings in the Percentile Line Thresholds section.

Read it all HERE