See how your child is really doing

It isn't always easy to know how your child is doing in math. Regular practice tells you they're showing up. A Growth Check tells you whether it's working.

Every so often, we offer each of our learners a short diagnostic assessment to see how much they've grown. These Growth Checks are 20-question quizzes, broken into two sets of 10, that give kids additional opportunities to level up. Here's how it works:

1. The Growth Check appears

Every five days of practice, your dashboard offers a Growth Check. It shows how much your child has grown since their last one (or since their initial diagnostic).

2. Your child works independently

• Working alone gives the clearest picture of what your child knows right now.
• A Growth Check is like practice, but without hints.
• Your child is celebrated no matter how many questions they get right.

3. The halfway checkpoint

The first 10 questions cover Numbers & Place Value and Problem Solving. Children get tired, hungry and interrupted, so your child can stop at the halfway point and keep everything they've done:

• It's fine to take a break.
• Progress is saved, so your child can finish within the week.
• It's important not to push your child to do too much.

4. Growth check complete!

The final 10 questions are on Measurement & Data and Geometry. Then:

• Your child sees a summary of their progress.
• Your child is encouraged, whatever the result.
• You get a detailed report by email.

5. What you'll know afterward

• A report in your inbox. Each area of math, the skills your child has mastered and the ones still growing, in plain English.
• Your child's levels, in one place on your dashboard.
• Three skills to revisit, so you know where a few minutes will help most.
• Trouble spots. The questions your child keeps missing, so you can talk them through together.
• A short video for each skill, and a “Try this skill again” button that starts practice on it.
• Keep others in the loop. Anyone you invite sees the same dashboard once they accept, and can start a Growth Check too.

Prefer pencils? Paper Practice lets your child work on paper, and you check every answer before it counts.

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