Foundational ASSIST: 1M+ Math Problems and Student Answers

Foundational ASSIST contains between 1 and 10 million records of natural text math problems and student answers sourced from the Illustrative Mathematics 6th-8th grade curriculum. Developed by ASSISTments and updated in March 2026, it provides raw text data for educational research aligned with U.S. Common Core standards.

Use Cases

• Training automated scoring models using the student answer text
• Analyzing student misconceptions within the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum
• Developing NLP models for mathematical problem text classification

Strengths

• Contains 1M to 10M rows of student-problem interactions
• Uses standardized Illustrative Mathematics curriculum content
• Includes raw natural text for both problems and answers

Limitations

• Geographic bias toward the United States education system
• Scope limited to 6th-8th grade mathematics
• CC BY-NC 4.0 license prohibits commercial use

Provenance

Source

ASSISTments

Collection Method

Recorded via the ASSISTments online learning platform

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

United States