No-calculator math test reveals weak mental math among Alberta students

Grade 6 students did poorly on a new no-calculator portion of provincial mathematics exams, Alberta’s education minister said Tuesday.
Last fall, concerned about children’s grasp of math fundamentals, Minister David Eggen introduced a new 15-minute, 15-question section to the math exam written by all sixth graders across the province.
“And there it was. Boom. Big place for room for improvement for basic skills,” Eggen said Tuesday after the education ministry released its