Welcome to The National Classroom, Inc.

At the Michael J. Perkins School, everyone does math!!!

We post four questions each week from the 2006 MCAS math test for grade 4.

Two research papers by the National Classroom, Inc.

Defining and Requiring Academic Achievement (61 pages -- PDF).
Work in Progress II: Forty-Two Promising Practices for Improving the School Success of Students at Risk of Academic Underachievement.
Available to download:
- The full version (122 pages) -- in PDF format.
- The Executive Summary (10 pages) - in PDF format.

Research for this project was supported by a contract with Tufts University from the Massachusetts Education Reform Review Commission.

Malden Does Math!

We have posted four questions each week from the 2003 MCAS math tests for Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, and Grade 10.

Click here to see the questions!

Click here for ACHIEVEMENTINFO.COM.

AchievementInfo.Com presents bite-size practice problems from the actual math MCAS exams in grades 4, 6, 8, and 10 from 1998 through 2002, and the ELA exams in grades 4, 7, 8, and 10 for 2001 and 2002. The exams are divided into small sets of questions, so that students may practice on a daily or weekly basis.

Please note: We do not post the answers to the MCAS questions. We have found that no one -- from elementary school students to university math professors -- works as hard on these problems if you can easily "check" to see if you have the right answer.

All MCAS questions, with the answers if you really want them, are available at: http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html .

If you have any questions about this website, please contact Barney Brawer, barney.brawer@nationalclassroom.com.