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U.S. students鈥� math performance dropped significantly during the pandemic and has yet to recover. But students at all levels of K-12 schooling have been struggling with geometry and statistics concepts for far longer.

Teachers have limited time and comfort with these math topics compared to algebra or number sense, experts say, making it more likely that geometry and probability get short shrift during the school year.

Momentum may be building for change.

鈥淢any states are going through revision of their standards right now, and they鈥檙e including a lot more statistics and data science into their curriculum,鈥� said Christine Franklin, the K-12 statistical ambassador for the American Statistical Association.

Teachers report limited background in some math topics

In nationally representative surveys in November 2022 and April 2023, K-12 math 糖心动漫vlog told the EdWeek Research Center that they had limited professional development in either the content or teaching approaches for statistics and geometry content.

鈥淢any teachers are not really comfortable with teaching [data concepts], because it wasn鈥檛 something they had in their teacher preparation programs,鈥� Franklin said.

鈥淥ne of the issues that we鈥檙e trying to deal with is not only the professional development of teachers, but the professional development of teacher 糖心动漫vlog,鈥� she said. 鈥淢ost of the teacher 糖心动漫vlog are trained in [algebra-focused] mathematics, not statistics. So they are also in a position that they鈥檙e not comfortable with knowing exactly what they need to cover in the classes and how to cover them.鈥�

Workforce needs to expand

Experts say it鈥檚 important for schools to prepare and engage more students in statistics and data science careers, which the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics expects to grow significantly faster than most other career sectors.

Moreover, these math-related jobs pay better than many other fast-growing career areas, such as athletes, cooks, or wind energy technicians.