I really need some math advice for my dd. She's in 9th grade and using TT Algebra and has been struggling this year. I decided to have her take another year of Algebra because she's not a strong math student and I want her to have a solid Algebra foundation. I had her take a placement test for Saxon. She couldn't answer over half the problems on the placement test! I sat down with her later and we walked through the problems together. I figured out she has forgotten how to do some pre-algebra skills (percents, decimals), but the biggest problem is she can't figure out how to do any word problems. She has used Teaching Textbooks for several years, we did try Math U See for Pre-Algebra last year specifically because I thought she wasn't retaining as well as she should and thought a mastery approach would be better. She asked to go back to TT this year. Her grades in math have always been good A/B, but there is a definite lack of understanding. She is not at all mathy.
So I guess I'm looking for advice about what to try now. I really don't want to place her in Saxon 87 as a 10th grader-which is where she placed. But I don't want her to keep going forward and not understand anything- just plug in a pattern. She does understand the Algebra she has learned so far, but is still shaky and very slow, which is why I thought another year of Algebra with a different publisher would be beneficial. I just didn't think she'd have to go back two or three grades! I did look into mathnasium thinking they could help with week spots, but it is $400 a month!
I am just at a loss as to where to go next. I have graduated two, and neither were super "mathy" ,but they used TT and did fine. Any suggestions are welcome!
(I am not a new member. I've been here since the old, old boards- 2006. I just haven't merged my accounts yet)