The 9th edition has the basics of Algebra and Geometry. The older editions have just a tiny tiny bit of algebra, I don't think any geometry, I don't remember. The 9th edition is a really good book for a behind student that is smart but behind. It doesn't have enough repetition for a really struggling student, though, but it's a good start for them as well.

Instead of AAR, good programs to catch up quickly in reading are the free online Word Mastery, Phonics Pathways, or OPG. (After my syllables lessons!!) Word Mastery (goes to 3rd grade level) http://www.donpotter.net/pdf/word_mastery_typed.pdf Also, if you drill the sounds daily and use my charts, you should progress much faster. How to drill sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5tU0HviZAE&t=100s Phonics Pathways goes to a 4th grade level and is inexpensive. Many libraries have a copy.

Lial's basic college math, 9th edition. https://www.amazon.com/Basic-College-Mathematics-Margaret-Lial/dp/0321825535/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36BRG8X4PDCNN&dchild=1&keywords=lial+basic+college+math&qid=1617436283&sprefix=lial+basic%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1 If you can do the SAT instead, the 1600io orange book (2 volumes) is this level of review plus SAT level questions, very nice targeted book. I do think the ACT math is a bit easier than the SAT math, though, especially if your Algebra foundation is weak. After that, the student can work though the Algebra 1 course on Kahn while you're working on ACT problems. They could also work though 7th and then 8th grade math on Kahn on their own now on their own.

You can do a quick overview of all the phonics to read at a 12th grade level in a few weeks and then go back and do the rest of AAR. http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/syllablesspellsu.html

I had to explicitly teach my daughter how to infer vocabulary from context, she is very literal, and was more so when she was younger. It's a bit young to worry about and start teaching how to do that, though. I used CAP's Reasoning and Reading https://classicalacademicpress.com/collections/reasoning-reading as well as the 1879 McGuffey readers. I taught her how to guess from context, then check the definitions at the end, then go back and see how it worked in context. After doing this a while and going through CAP's book (she just needed the inference portion mainly), she figured it out and could do it on her own. My son, who is overall not good at Language Arts, figured that out on his own. He didn't figure out grammar on his own by my daughter did, she's really good at LA overall.

Very interesting thoughts about what sounds are learned first, what sounds the student can say best. Probably better, couldn't hurt to start with those. Also, the old Open Court, which was very successful, started with long vowels. The name and sound of most long vowels is the same with that. Me, no, etc. and long vowel syllables ALA Webster might be an even better start. Then, short vowel syllables easy to blend. Here is the old Open courts, you start with blue workbook then gold. http://wigowsky.com/school/opencourt/opencourt.htm The I See Sam reading program (all basic phonics taught through little books) also starts with easy to blend sounds. http://marriottmd.com/sam/ It was also successful and reduced illiteracy for low SES and minority students when they were later tested in high school and compared to students who didn't get the program (whole language/balanced literacy was otherwise commonly used at the time.) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/closing-gap-reading-liz-brown/

I would find out if they accept CLEP as well, they might, and that might be easier for a few classes.

There is some evidence that favors explicit instruction in math as well. But, I don't think there is clear evidence that Singapore, which is more conceptual but explicitly taught has better outcomes than a good explicitly taught traditional procedural math, although I like it and used it with my children. Singapore math is highly successful in Asian countries, but they have cultural things going on, Kumon type after school culture, do more homework culture. There is also a recent study that shows that teaching phonics blending with sounds that can be extended (m, n, f, s, etc.) first and teaching blending starting with these sounds, and teaching it without a gap. (MMMMMAAAANNN vs. MMM AAA NNN) is better. The free to print Word Mastery from Don Potter starts with these sounds, teaches phonics to a 3rd grade level. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/T8BQY2SKRAXQYCZ7UTH2/full?target=10.1080/10888438.2020.1776290 Liping Ma's book "Knowing and teaching elementary math" is good. The books "The Teaching Gap" by James W. Stigler and "The Learning Gap" by Stevenson and Stigler are also good, interesting research in math teaching. There is also interesting research in the area of spaced repetition and learning.

https://www.compassprep.com/psat-national-merit-faq/ "How high of an SAT score do I need for a confirming score? The confirming score is determined each year by NMSC and is calculated in the same way as the PSAT Selection Index. The confirming score is set nationally, so it does not matter what Semifinalist cutoff you met. The confirming SAT Selection Index (SSI) generally falls at or near the Commended cutoff. The easiest calculation of the SSI is from your section scores. Drop a zero, double your ERW, and add your Math score. For example, Student X might have a total score of 1450, with section scores of 720 ERW and 730 M. Student X’s SSI would be 2(72) + 73 = 217. It’s possible for a student with a lower total score to have a higher SSI. Student Y has a total score of 1430, with section scores of 750 ERW and 690 M. Student Y’s SSI would be 2(75) + 69 = 219. The ERW score has twice the weight because it is made up of two test scores—reading and writing." A 800 would not be an 80 but instead the PSAT max, I think it's 76.

How and why to teach sight words with phonics instead of wholes: http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/sightwords.html If there is any guessing habits from sight words, my nonsense word game helps and is a fun supplement: http://thephonicspage.org/On Phonics/concentrationgam.html

I would try Logic of English Essentials Lite, it's free now online. You can get PDFs of any of her stuff you want to supplement. The stuff that isn't free is the phonograms and the reading, it's all spelling that's free. You can buy the phonograms through a PDF, I would at least get her rules summary. https://elearning.logicofenglish.com The title of what you would want to buy is the "phongram and spelling quick reference." https://store.logicofenglish.com/collections/product-type-loe-staple

You can review all the phonetic spelling rules while working through my syllables lessons. http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/syllablesspellsu.html Spelling Plus works on the most common 1,000 words by rule and pattern. Many struggling spellers need something with more repetition like Apples and Pears or may need to use it in a different way, but if she hasn't been taught the rules and patterns it may help while focusing on the most frequently used words.

If he is still guessing a bit from sight words and predictable readers from when he was in school, nonsense words help, I have a fun game that makes both real and nonsense words: http://thephonicspage.org/On Phonics/concentrationgam.html I also have free phonics lessons designed with nonsense words to help students coming out of public school get up to grade level. http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/syllablesspellsu.html

It is really interesting. Also, my daughter scores one standard deviation higher on the ACT than the SAT, my son the reverse. Most people score closer to the same on both. I didn't even figure out the fiction passage was always first until reading through Melzer for my son--my daughter needed no special study for this section, she needed more work on math. He gets 50% right on rambling modern fiction passages, 70 - 80% right on older fiction passages, but can almost always get 100% on any science passage.

My daughter reads super fast and is naturally good at language, the strategies that work for her for reading are different than for my son. He is more logical and a fast reader but not super fast, depending on the passages he may not be able to finish one. His worst is always the fiction passage, so he skim reads that one and goes back if he has time. He actually scores about the same if he skims it for most passages vs. reading it, LOL. He is better with old passages than current meandering fiction, that style confuses him. For students with a lot of time to build up their reading speed, I've had siblings of poor readers who were at grade level but slow improve their speed by working through my lessons and then doing daily nonsense word drill--it only takes a minute a day to make a difference after working through the lessons, the lessons take 10 hours tops, usually less, 10 hours for a group class though. http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/syllablesspellsu.html For students who struggle with reading older passages, the McGuffey 1879 Readers gradually build in difficulty, you start from the 3rd or 4th reader and work up, reading a few passages a day. This takes a bit of time, too. They are free online and also cheap on Kindle, you want the blue and orange cover 1879 version. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5671 I also have links to the Parker Readers for students who need extra practice building up reading skills with older readers, linked near the end of my Webster page: http://thephonicspage.org/On Reading/webstersway.html

For those who are diligent, the Black book for everything, the Panda book and 1600io orange SAT book (2 volumes) for math, Erika Meltzer books for Reading and Writing/Grammar. I also like Panda for writing instead of Meltzer for the more analytical folks. For the not diligent or unable to figure out on own/from a book, the online Prepscholar program is good overall, walks you through SAT Black Book type of explanations, nags you, easy for parents to track and implement. I like the mathchops for everyone, probably better than the books actually if you just get one thing for math. I haven't tried Kahn Academy, it seems to work for some but not others. It is free, though. Uworld is supposedly good for the price.

I meant polynomials, not parabolas! Also, I started a thread about it, but for getting good problems at your level and getting faster at doing them, mathchops is excellent for the price. They collected all questions from last 10 SATs and arranged them by how often they occur and difficulty, after 30 min or so to get at your level, all the questions are good. https://www.mathchops.com They have a free version that goes to the 500 level so you can see how the system works without giving them a credit card, the questions are different at each level, you get to higher levels by answering questions at the level challenge section--a section you must always do without help, the other sections you can get help. I was having trouble finding questions at a good level without wasting a bunch of time, it gets harder and harder to find good questions as you get better.

Thanks! We should be good, though. My husband is going to take over prep for the last month, he is making his own parabolas from some data he has lying around to make an app. He and my son had a discussion about why certain parabola's needed 19 to 21 digits of precision while other needed less... My husband also knows a bunch of math equations off the top of his head, he can spout off the formulas for a sphere still, who knows that!??!

PrepScholar has a decent list of Grammar rules. https://blog.prepscholar.com/the-complete-guide-to-sat-grammar-rules I prefer the SAT Black Book for the Grammar rules, I also like the way they are linked to question number, makes it easier to go back through tests and combine similar error types.

No, I'm not just saying that!! That is the only area of SAT prep my son is struggling with, I printed out the graph to use for SAT study. My son is taking the May SAT, I have a folder of things to use for the last month of prep, that is going in it!! (Also printed the circle picture because he only recently learned circles so it'll be an area he needs review in and that is handy, but he understands circles.)

I think this is very helpful for SAT math prep once you get to the level where it's hard to find good questions, but also seems like it could be a more fun way to practice for those not good at math. It also could be a good way to review earlier algebra topics for those in geometry or algebra 2. Very good SAT prep for the price. If you are scoring 600+ it takes about 20 to 30 minutes to answer questions on the level challenge to get to where it is asking good targeted practice, after that most of the questions should be helpful. The free version only goes up the 500 level, but is a good way to see how the system works before choosing an option that requires a credit card. https://www.mathchops.com

That was my favorite part!!

UK well designed phonics program and readers also free. https://phonicsinternational.com

For someone with a speech issues, I like Word Mastery, it starts with easier things to blend. It is free to print or you can buy a cheap copy from Don Potter. http://www.donpotter.net/pdf/word_mastery_typed.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Word-Mastery-Course-Phonics-Grades/dp/1500378720 More Word Mastery resources from Don Potter http://35.168.237.198/education_pages/WordMastery.html I would also get this phonemic awareness book, meant for a whole class but you can modify, cheap compared to most phonemic awareness programs if you just need a bit of PA. https://www.amazon.com/Phonemic-Awareness-Playing-Strengthen-Beginning/dp/1574712314/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=phonemic+awareness&qid=1613539800&sr=8-1 I also like the app Sound of Speech from the university of Iowa to see how each sound is made.

RightStart is similar to Singapore, so you may not notice too much difference in the method, RightStart is also conceptual. With my son, 20 to 30 minutes a day was enough to finish the book in a year. My daughter needed extra time and work, best to do math twice a day or on weekends or in the summer. If you do twice a day, do other subjects between. You will go 2X or 3X as slow if math facts are not mastered. Flashmaster is good for independent work, it's now an app. https://flashmaster.com I like the 60 second sweep for multiplication facts, I do a few rows at a time, keep 2 copies, one with answers. If they can't answer within a second, look up on copy with answers, work until they can do them in 1 second each. You say "2 twos, 3 fours," etc to say the facts fast, don't say times or multiply. https://www.rcsdk8.net/cms/lib3/CA01001036/Centricity/Domain/302/60 second sweep.pdf