Stats of our lives: Math: Harder than it looks

The disconnect between kids' opinion of their math classes ("easy") and their test scores — and more in our collection of surprising facts and figures

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Math: Harder than it looks
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Percent of fourth-graders who say math class is often or always "too easy"

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