Texas students struggle with math: report [Video]

The report released by Texas 2036 shows students have underperformed in national assessments like the SAT and ACT, but have also underperformed in statewide tests like the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test. 

About 90% of Texas parents believed their children were performing at or above their grade level, according to the report. It also found in Houston that 92% of parents believed their students were at grade level, but only 45% of students in the Houston Independent School District performed at or above grade level on the STAAR test in the same year.

There have also been consistent declines in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam, which states have been taking since 2002. The assessment has been required for math and reading for states to receive Title 1 funding from the federal government.

Recently, students in Dallas started learning Eureka Mathas part of a new …