I did a quick online search and only turned up stuff like Khan Academy, so asking my CC BS hive mind.
Links would be appreciated. People with (positive) experience with any vendor doubly so.
TIA!
You should just ask the math department at your daughter’s school. Though I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “credit.” No school is going to put summer coursework from another organization on a student’s transcript. If what you really mean to ask is whether your daughter could do some math over the summer and then skip some required course or move into a higher level course in the fall, that’s a different question. At least at the schools I’m familiar with, that happens all the time for math and foreign languages. Typically, you can ask to have your child take the school’s math or language placement test in the late summer (just like when she was an incoming student), to see if the summer work is enough for them to feel comfortable moving into a higher level class. My kids have done this for foreign languages (one skipped an entire year of language, and the other got permission to move from the regular track into the accelerated track), and I know other kids who’ve done it for math (but don’t know where they did the work, sorry).
“If what you really mean to ask is whether your daughter could do some math over the summer and then skip some required course or move into a higher level course in the fall”.
Confirming that this is indeed what the intent of my OP is…
If you haven’t checked with the math department yet, ask about CTY courses. They may be acceptable.
Thanks…we will check in with them ASAP, but was also looking for tips from my other base of experts!
Some schools are particular about summer work, so check with the school about procedures. That being said AOPS (Art of Problem Solving) has online classes - they meet weekly (maybe multiple times for a summer class - not sure) with an instructor. ALEKS is self-paced, no instructor - pay for a time period and do as much/little as you want. CTY has online classes too - I think they have instructor led and self-paced classes. Some kids take community college classes over the summer, but you said online.
BYU accredited online high schoolhttps://is.byu.edu/site/about/what-is.cfm
Http://www.k12.com/curriculum/high-school-program-courses.html
We have used both. K12 is more flexible.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-algebra-schoolyourself-algebrax-1
Edx is pretty great to.
All of my boys have attend the Russian School of Mathematics; http://www.russianschool.com/ They have in person classes which my kids attend throughout the school year as well as online and summer school classes. They have been fantastic. My oldest who is at BS took precalc over the summer and was able to move into honors precalc as a result. These are actual classes as opposed to online programs.
Does she need the HS credit? If not then why not just have her take a college level class? Can complete an entire year HS course over the summer. Then she can skip to the next level class in HS.
@sgopal2: That would be another option…but trying to find online course for maximum flexibility.
As mentioned above, AOPS http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ is wonderful. LPS wouldn’t accept it for credit, but LPS resisted accepting anything for credit. That said, my son has taken several AOPS classes and they covered more content, more deeply, then in the corresponding honors classes at LPS. If you go the route of AOPS, make sure to take the Are you ready?/Do you need this? diagnostics.
Thanks all!
The Virtual High School: http://thevhscollaborative.org/?q=summer-school. Registration opens on 2/1.
+1 on AoPS. My son is heavily involved in math competitions and is taking AP calculus at the LPS in 8th grade. To help with math competitions, he also does AoPS courses in early high school math like geometry and intermediate algebra and finds the courses challenging and very thorough.
One problem might be that most of the AoPS courses are from 18-24 weeks. What level of math is your daughter looking for? PM if you want some specific insight because we know the AoPS curriculum well.
My son has taken courses through both Virtual High School and CTY. CTY requires results of standardized testing (SAT/ ACT and some options).
@SevenDad When you check in with the school be sure to advise them of the specific intent (advancement not enrichment) so they can advise you of their procedures regarding scheduling to take the school placement test, this is generally a week or two before school resumes, and find out the grade required on this test to be able to advance.
Fully agree re the recommendations on AoPS!! The courses will give you a very solid base.
The most rigorous math courses would be AoPs, Stanford Online HS, or JHCTY. If you need credit and/or NCAA approved courses, look at APEX or college courses online (local or any online courses ). Laurel Springs is also NCAA approved but I don’t like them as well for math - great for languages (they use Middlebury). One more to consider: Thinkwell is wonderful (my personal favorite), but is not credit bearing. JHCTY uses all of the Thinkwell lectures. You can check it out online and get a trial membership. My kids found BYU too simplistic and Alex too repetitive.