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[quote=Anonymous]It would help to know where you're located, OP, and if you're really seeking a "course" or would be fine with individual tutoring which can be more flexible in terms of time and setting than a course would be.

We were in the same boat 7th grade algebra 1, 8th grade geometry, then 9th grade algebra 2.

We sent DC to Mathnasium over the summer a couple of times a week. You can ask them to give your DD an evaluation test first, to see how much algebra 1 she recalls and how well she can do it "cold" after a year of geometry, then ask them to tailor her work to reviewing algebra 1 in preparation to start algebra 2 in the fall. They did exactly that for our DC.

They are flexible about times and days -- some weeks it was twice, some weeks three times if we were around a lot, and a few weeks of course we were gone. We pretty much dropped in at roughly regular times that worked for us, but were not required to be there, for instance, "every Tuesday at 3 and Thursday at 2" or things like that. There are Mathnasiums all over the area now so check them out. They have summer-only rates and also rates for the school year. Full disclosure: DC had been going to Mathnasium in the summers for several summers before that so it was easy for us to do and we like their model.

It's one on one tutoring but in a group setting if that makes sense. Your kid has her own individual work she's doing and the tutors come to her when she's ready for them to review it and work on it alongside her, but they are working with other students when she is actually doing the work. Students get individual help and guidance but the tutors aren't sitting there doing nothing while the kids are doing the actual work, they're with other kids--am I making it clear?

Mathnasium worked well for our DC and for us as a family. A class with set times and days of the week would have been less convenient and I don't know if DC would have gotten the same one on one help. A lot depends on your kid's personal learning style, though--classroom setting with homework etc. versus tutoring setting with little to no homework. (Mathnasium doesn't "do" homework assignments but you can always supplement between sessions if you want....).

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