Albany Middle School teaches math with CPM, a program that asks students to work in teams in class and then practice on their own at home, with homework and tests that keep circling back to earlier ideas. Students who do well in the group can still find the independent practice and cumulative tests hard, and that’s exactly where a tutor helps.
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Our UC Berkeley tutors work one-on-one with Albany Middle students, at your home in Albany or online.
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Help with CPM
CPM’s review problems reach back weeks, so they show which earlier idea has slipped. A tutor can reteach it in a few minutes and give your student more problems like it. Before a cumulative test, they go back through the earlier chapters together.
The 8th grade math test
In 8th grade, students take the MDTP, a math test developed by UC and CSU, in class at Albany Middle. That test and a teacher’s recommendation decide who starts Albany High in Accelerated Math 1-2, the sequence designed for students aiming at AP Calculus BC. Every 9th grader is assessed again in the first month. Our tutors help students build the skills the test looks for and start 9th grade ready for either path.
Our middle school tutors, in parents’ own words
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6th grade and other subjects
Students arrive at Albany Middle from Cornell, Marin and Ocean View elementary schools, and 6th grade brings more teachers and more to keep track of. We help with English, science and history too, and with the habits that make Albany High’s 95-minute classes easier later on.
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