For homeschool families · middle school → Algebra 1
Find your child's starting point. Build the skills they need for Algebra 1. Know what to work on next.
A readiness check that explains its results, short targeted lessons with a parent guide beside each one, and fresh rechecks to see what stuck. It is a bridge across defined prerequisites — not a full Algebra 1 course, a placement test, or a promise.
View Sample Report Pricing & waitlist
The sample report uses a fictional learner. Purchases run on a hosted Stripe page — in test mode until the owner authorises launch.
How a session looks
"Math in 20"
- 5 min launch task
- 10 min connected practice with hints on request
- 5 min wrap-up + a short independent check
A flexible estimate, not a timer. Pause, split a lesson across days, or add your own teaching.
Who it serves
Getting ready for Algebra 1
A middle-school learner who will start Algebra 1 soon. The check finds which prerequisites are secure and which need work first.
Shoring up a gap
A learner who is "fine" overall but keeps stumbling on one thing — signed numbers, fractions, order of operations.
Moving faster
A learner who already knows some of this. A fresh independent check lets them show it and skip ahead, by rule, not by opinion.
What it checks: the prerequisite map
Eight areas proposed by the teacher who owns the content. In this prototype the Signed numbers pathway is complete end-to-end; the other areas are labelled previews pending review.
Number foundations
Preview — not yet assessed- Place value and number sense
- Estimation and reasonableness
- Operation meaning and fluency
Fractions and decimals
Preview — not yet assessed- Equivalent fractions and decimals
- Comparing and ordering fractions and decimals
- Fraction and decimal arithmetic
- Mixed numbers
Signed numbers
Complete pathway- Number-line meaning of integers
- Direction and order on the number line
- Opposites and absolute value
- Adding integers
- Subtracting integers
- Operations with signed rational numbers
Ratios and percents
Preview — not yet assessed- Equivalent ratios
- Rates and unit rates
- Proportional reasoning
- Percent relationships
Expressions
Preview — not yet assessed- Order of operations
- Exponent basics
- Substitution
- Distributive property
- Combining like terms
Equations and inequalities
Preview — not yet assessed- Equality and inverse operations
- Simple equations
- Interpreting and checking solutions
- Simple inequalities
Coordinate and relational reasoning
Preview — not yet assessed- Coordinates in all four quadrants
- Tables and patterns
- Basic graph interpretation
Applied reasoning
Preview — not yet assessed- Translating situations
- Units and measurement reasoning
- Explaining and checking answers
How the path works
- Readiness check. Untimed, one question at a time, "I'm not sure yet" allowed. No hints and no feedback during the check — that is what makes the evidence independent.
- Parent report. A written status for every skill with the evidence behind it: Not Yet Checked · More Evidence Needed · Needs Support · Developing · Demonstrated on This Check. Never a grade level or a percentage.
- Learning plan. The earliest prerequisite that actually showed difficulty comes first — not every earlier topic. You can adjust the plan with a reason; the record stays honest.
- Lessons + parent guide. One goal, a launch task, practice at three levels, hints that are tracked as help, a worked explanation, and a separate independent check with fresh problems.
- Rechecks and retention. New parallel items a few days later and again weeks later. A weak result recommends review; it never erases history.
What's included
- The readiness check and parent report for one learner
- Every published lesson in the bridge with its parent guide
- Learning plan, rechecks and retention checks
- A printable report
Pricing proposed — not final
Pilot: not open yet. Proposed $49 one-time for one learner (first 10 families) with one personal results review. Join the waitlist to hear when it opens.
Standard (later): proposed $79 one-time for one learner — published bridge, reports, parent guidance, reassessments. No personal review included.
Hosted access term proposed at 12 months, subject to the owner's approval before publication. Downloadable files and hosted access are distinguished at purchase. Refund terms and the support contact are shown before any payment.
Sample report
See exactly what a parent receives: per-skill status with evidence counts, what it means, and what to do next. The sample uses an invented learner so you can judge the report, not the student.
Common questions
Is this an Algebra 1 course?
No. It is a bridge across defined prerequisite skills. It does not teach Algebra 1, and it does not place a student or guarantee success in any course.
Does it say whether my child is "ready"?
The report says which prerequisite skills were demonstrated on the check and which need work, with the evidence counts. An overall readiness sentence is only possible once every essential skill in the map is published and the teacher has approved the evidence rules — in this prototype it is switched off.
Is it adaptive?
The check starts broad and adds a few targeted follow-up questions when the evidence for a skill is thin or mixed. That is a transparent, configurable rule — not a claim of sophisticated adaptive testing.
Does it use AI to grade my child?
No. Answers are checked by fixed, published rules on the server. Questions that ask for reasoning are read by the teacher. AI may help draft new material for the teacher to review, separately from what learners see.
What about my child's data?
Learners are identified by a nickname only — no email, birth date, school or diagnosis. This prototype stores no real child data at all. Before real registration, privacy and consent obligations will be reviewed and the data-use, retention and deletion behaviour written down.
How long does it take?
The check is untimed and can be paused. Lessons are planned around "Math in 20" but nothing stops you taking longer, splitting a lesson, or adding your own instruction.