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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d use Ixl. Diagnostic assessment and then tailored skills to work on. [/quote]

This seems like a good suggestion....[/quote]

As a parent who has used and paid for ixl.com, I agree with IXL.com as a resource. 
The pricing for single child math-only subscriptions is $10/mo.

Be aware that your child will have to do some hours of math, with diligence, to fill out the results (get enough performance data).  That can be in shorter sessions.  You may want to sit in the same room as your child while they work.  If they get stuck on a unit, you can redirect them to another appropriate choice.

After accumulating enough results, it's possible to see areas of strengths and weaknesses in different areas of math.  The program has grade level exercises for K-12, so you will see similar headers by grade (can assess if your child is doing 3rd or 5th grade division).  You do have to hop around in the portal to do this.

I found that my IXL review of my child's ability matched well with the complimentary Mathnasium assessment.  So it was worth the limited money I spent (and had no upsell associated with it).  I still enrolled my kid in Mathasium because I felt he needed personal attention, homework help, and a dedicated outside of home place to study math.  Mathnasium is costly and not suitable for all student issues.

If you get detail on in-school testing, with enough IXL practice, you should detect similar remediation opportunities.

I originally learned of this program through my school district.  They assigned it to kids as summer learning.  However, they discontinued offering it.  Its weakness is that it can't help kids who are unable to self-educate and need a teacher to demonstrate and correct procedural mistakes live. [/quote]

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