What kids have to show they can do to be labeled proficient in math is typically harder in most states than what they have to do to in reading, according to a study released Thursday by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington-based education think tank.
The findings come a little more than a week after the federal government reported students have been making much more progress in math than in reading in recent years.
Michael Petrilli, the think tank's vice president for policy, said it makes sense that students' math skills are improving if there are high expectations of them in that subject.
"If the bar is higher, you've got to work a lot harder," he said.
The Fordham study also found many states are making it easy to score well on the tests given in elementary school but harder to pass the middle-school tests.
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