But some schools say a federal law that only measures progress in math and reading has hurt language teaching.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

A well-known example was when women's education groups objected to a talking Barbie that declared, among other things, "Math class is tough!"

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Those with ring fingers longer than index fingers did better on the math part of a standardized test than the reading part.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

So math -- or,as the British call it,maths -- is still not everyone's favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math,science,English and social studies.

VOA: special.2010.12.02

Researcher Christianne Corbett says more boys than girls score very high on math tests in most countries.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Getting less than that was linked to lower abilities in language, reading and early math skills.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

"In those countries, more girls than boys actually scored above the ninety-ninth percentile in math.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

That name would go away. The current policy calls for every student to be ableto pass state tests in reading and math by two thousand fourteen.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

He combined his studies in light,math,psychology, geometry and anatomy for this special work.

VOA: special.2010.09.15

This law only requires testing of progress in math and reading.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

These include math,science, writing and United States history or government.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Students are gathering for their after-school math lesson.

VOA: special.2011.04.21