CONWAY, Ark. — With its intricate mysteries of quadratics, logarithms and imaginary numbers, Algebra II often provokes a lament from high schoolers. What exactly does this have to do with real life?

I got an A in algebra II, I think. That was long ago. I do know that I have long since forgotten whatever I learned in that course and have never used it since. That has become a national problem.

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Eight schools in a six-county region of Central New York had 100% proficiency levels on Algebra II Regents exams during the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data. The list included two ...

A total of 98 school districts in New York saw 100% of their students test proficient on Algebra II Regents exams during the ...