Here's how you can help your eighth-grader master math outside of the classroom.

“Today I just finished the 8th grade entire unit,” said Jack Killian. Shannon Beighley said that 13 of her students are now moving on to Algebra I, which is regarded as a high school math course.

This month, New York State reported that just 22 percent of the eighth graders who took this year’s Common Core-aligned math test received a passing mark. How do you compare?

In eighth grade, students focus on connecting their understanding of math to solve a variety of problems.