Disappointed in Khan's "individualized" SAT prep

Both my sons have been using Khan to prep for the PSAT/SAT youngest son had completed level three on most sections, other son had completed level three on all sections.

When younger son linked his PSAT scores to Khan a few sections that he had not completed the in level three changed to complete nothing changed in any of the sections that he had started level four. I thought this was because he had an average score and still hadn’t mastered any of the level four areas bases on his PSAT.

Older son got a very good score on the PSAT. He had already completed level three in all areas of Khan prior to the PSAT. When I linked his PSAT to his Khan account nothing changed. I was expecting khan to mark at least some of the questions in some of the level for sections as complete (some of those section have up to 80 questions!) but it didn’t change the number of questions he need to do at all. I thought Khan would individualize his study and only have him work on questions he has not yet mastered similar to the way PrepScholar works. I don’t understand how he can score 1500 on the PSAT and it not change Khan at all!

He missed two of a similar type reading problem in the PSAT no where does Khan so “Hey, you need to work on this particular type of reading problem” which I thought was the point of the link the PSAT to Khan.

How are others finding linking the PSAT with Khan? Perhaps I’m not doing something right or more likely expected too much. I think Khan is great for a general prep program but I just don’t think it really adjusts much to individual strength and weakness of a particular student.

You son got 1500/1520. Maybe that’s why nothing changed? He probably has nothing more to study at Khan Academy. My son is going to start his prep soon, and I’ll be sure to let you know once he starts.

Has your son tried a practice SAT? If so, is he score consistent with his PSAT score?

@pac12bound that’s the problem he scored very well but Khan still has several hundred questions for him to do,
having a very good score did not decrease the amount of questions at all.

He scored exactly the same on his proctored practice test, even down to the sub scores. On both tests he missed on math problem (careless error) but still got a 38, reading he missed two both inferring what the author meant (37) and writing missing one grammar mistake (37).

I’ll still encourage him to do as many of the remaining question on Khan as time allows before the March 5th SAT but it’s not the targeted individualized program I had hoped for. Clearly he needs to work on inferred meaning, for targeted instruction in that area we’ll be turning to Erica’s Meltzer’s Critical Reader book.