iMentorCorps and the February 2015 CAHSEE: the results are in!

Congratulations to the students who used iMentorCorps to prep for the 2015 CAHSEE! You put in some extra work, took the iMentorCorps evaluation tests, and figured out where extra focus was needed to improve your performance on the CAHSEE.

You did the work.  You get the credit!

So, how did the iMentorCorps students do? Let's look at it two ways.

First, the Math section. 97% passed!

In addition, the CAHSEE breaks out students who are proficient and excel. Our iMentorCorps students should be particularly proud that 52% excelled or were proficient.

In the ELA section, the results were also something to be proud of, with 90% passing!

And 33% excelled or were proficient.

We're proud of the students who used iMentorCorps and the parents, teachers, and administrators who supported them!

The percentage of students who test 'proficient' or 'excelled' was something we were particularly proud of. Our students rocked the CAHSEE. Here's another way to look at it. showing even more dramatically how well the students did.

Yeah, we're celebrating!

iMentorCorps has now helped more than 1,000 students prepare for, and improve their scores on the California High School Exit Exam.

We knew you could do it!  Please help us spread the word.  Anyone from any school can contact us (just click the link on the orange bar above, or call (415) 320-7930).

Thank you, students!  You did it!

Why does it take so long to get standardized test results back?

And why does that hurt students?

Geoffrey Canada asks this question in his riveting TED talk.  Here's his question.  iMentorCorps has an answer!

iMentorCorps allows students to take short tests to see where extra focus and study are needed.  These tests help students (and their teachers and parents) gauge progress.

Results are always instantaneous. 

The Wall Street Journal on adding fractions. Why are we interested?

From the Wall Street Journal on October 2, 2013.  Read the whole article, but here are a few highlights.

Many students cruise along just fine in math until fourth grade or so. Then, they hit a wall— fractions.

The wall is about to get taller. With mastery of the topic seen as a crucial stepping stone to progressing in math, federal standards are stepping up emphasis on fractions starting in third grade. National tests show nearly half of eighth-graders aren't able to put three fractions in order by size. 

The key is lines and not pies.  Robert Bennin, our iMentorCorps resident math guru, hit on this a few months ago.  He and the team prepared the video below.  Don't worry about the 'iMentorCorps Confidential' title at the beginning.  We're working on a new series of videos, so you're getting a sneak peek into some of our latest work.

The Wall Street Journal article noticed this as well.

Ryan Spence, a technology-integration specialist for Propel Schools, a charter-school operator based in Pittsburgh, says fourth-graders can learn the basics quickly by playing a computer game with number lines, Battleship Numberline...

Lines, not pies.  Sound simple?  It helps students better grasp the important concept of fractions.

Let us know what you think of our approach.

Review materials for September 2013

Algebra CAHSEE Math Review Topics

Geometry CAHSEE Math Review Topics 1

Number Sense CAHSEE Math Review Topics

Statistics CAHSEE Math Review Topics