IXL Learning
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Good Program, provided....
I think IXL is a good program, provided it's used correctly and with the correct expectations. I've started both my kids on this and they are progressing very well. Yes, both have been very frustrated at times, but mastery of any subject/task is not easy. The expectation should be for the student to achieve 80-90% smart score in their grade level to be considered "very good/competent" in the subject. I see from most of the reviews that students are getting frustrated when trying to achieve 100%, which is mastery of the subject. Unless the expectation is for the student to get 100% on all math and english tests 100% of the time, then mastery isn't really the goal. Such achievements can only be made by a very small percentage of people (if all students in a class got perfect on tests, all the time, then we'd be wondering if the tests wern't a little too easy and the teacher somewhat bad). If your a parent/educator, don't expect that you can just plop down a kid, walk away and expect them to be perfect. For the kids to learn, it still takes a little to a lot of effort on the adults part. It requires sitting with the learner when they're struggeling and helping with the "teaching" part.