In a nationally representative EdWeek Research Center poll, 29% of math teachers said less than a quarter of their English ...

“Word-problem solving in lower grades is one of the better indicators of overall school success in K-12,” said Lynn Fuchs, a research professor at Vanderbilt University.

Education professors have shown that a comprehension-based strategy can help English learners improve their math word-problem solving ... straight through from kindergarten to 12th grade," Orosco ...