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Success Stories
K-12
"If students use ALEKS consistently, I've seen test scores go up, increased confidence, and increased mastery of basic math facts. My students are very motivated by ALEKS."
- Debra Waterbury, Teacher, Antelope Valley Learning Academy, CA
"Students can work much more independently with ALEKS than with other methods I have tried, and students feel they are really being successful with this product (sometimes for the first time in their lives). I have seen scores on standardized tests go up between five to ten percent. ALEKS is great at helping students to become more accurate with their mathematical reasoning. It is also nice to be able to individualize instruction and focus on students' particular instructional needs."
- Richard O' Connell, Teacher, Chatfield Sr. High School, CO
"ALEKS is a wonderful program that helps our students tremendously. I have seen students succeed in passing their state standardized tests, which gives them a great sense of accomplishment."
- Carmen M. Guzman, BCIS I Teacher, TX
"This is my third year using ALEKS, and I am totally sold on it. It is quite amazing how accurate the results are with regard to student testing and progress. I have also found that students who complete a minimum of three hours per week in ALEKS are succeeding in class. With ALEKS, I am able to design reviews and quizzes to help students at all levels."
- Barbara Urbanski, Teacher, Beachwood Middle School, OH
"My current ALEKS students have shown tremendous improvement in prerequisite knowledge. I have not had to spend as much time reviewing material because students are required to 'relearn' and refresh these skills on ALEKS."
- Amy Rathert, Teacher, Hazelwood East High School, MO
"ALEKS has been extremely valuable in meeting our students’ needs. I focus much more on conceptual work in class now, rather than practice, and have the students do most of their practice with ALEKS. The instant feedback students get with ALEKS encourages them to NOT practice doing math the wrong way!
- Jon Doty, ME Reg Coordinator and Gifted and Talented District Coordinator, Old Town School Department, ME
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Higher Education
"We used ALEKS as the technological component during spring and summer 2008 for the courses MAT-111 and MAT-045. The results clearly show that more students are able to get through their Math requirement with ALEKS compared to MyMathLab. For MAT-111, 43% of students using ALEKS were able to pass the course with an A, B, or C compared with only 20% of students who used MyMathLab. For MAT-045, 72% of students using ALEKS were able to pass the course with an A, B, or C compared with only 42% of students who used MyMathLab."
- Professor Myrna La Rosa, Triton College, IL
"We are greatly impressed by our courses using ALEKS that allow students to complete two or more remedial mathematics courses in one semester. We are particularly pleased that last year, 67 percent of students participating in these courses returned for a second year of study compared with about 55 percent of students with similar backgrounds who did not participate in these courses. These courses would not be possible without ALEKS."
- Professor Eric Key, University of Wisconsin, WI
"Students come from all different levels and I've created six different courses to accommodate them. Students who have expressed great frustration with previous math never express frustration when working with ALEKS. I think they are happy to finally have the opportunity to work at their own rate."
- Anita Wah, Instructor, Chabot College, CA
"I am very pleased with the results in my class this semester after using ALEKS. I found that for every 10 hours that the students put into ALEKS their final average increased by 2.2 percentage points. I have never had a semester with results this good."
- Professor T. Sexton, SUNY Suffolk, NY
"There was a dramatic improvement in this [ALEKS] class compared to the average of all my other Financial Accounting classes over the past one and one-half years. Counting the grades of A, B, and C as passing grades, this class had a 35% improvement over the average of seven other Financial Accounting classes."
- Professor Harold Royer, Miami Dade Community College, FL
"The use of ALEKS fit my needs perfectly as a tool to get students from various backgrounds to a base level of understanding required at the beginning of Intermediate Accounting. It was also helpful in providing an initial assessment which will be used as a benchmark in the overall process of assessing the effectiveness of the Accounting program."
- Randall P. Bandura, Frostburg State University, MD
"ALEKS is clearly the best among several online chemistry resources I have used. Its interface is intuitive for both instructor and student, and its reporting tools are thorough and informative. ALEKS' assessment feature ensures that content is individualized to each student's needs, while still targeting specific course objectives. Most importantly, however, is that ALEKS' unique design based on Knowledge Space Theory gives it the potential to dramatically impact student learning rather than simply serving as yet another study supplement."
- Professor David E. Smith, New Mexico State University, NM
"My students have become better problem solvers since I have implemented ALEKS into my Introductory Chemistry course. They ask fewer questions regarding the logistics of solving problems in chemistry, and more in-depth meaning-making questions. I have also seen an improvement in their success on exams."
- Associate Professor Rebecca Krystyniak, St. Cloud University, MN
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Independent Use
"I found ALEKS very helpful. I passed College Algebra and Statistics and I owe a lot to ALEKS."
- Mindy G., Student
"I signed up for ALEKS as it was recommended by Massachusetts Department of Education as a tool to prepare for the math portion of the licensure test for teacher certification. I thoroughly enjoy the ALEKS format and have made progress with reviewing math that I have not worked on in many years! I think ALEKS is great and it is meeting all of my needs. I am recommending it to all of the math-phobic women I know!"
- Endsley K., Student
"Because ALEKS is so diverse, I believe relaxed, classical, and unschooling home educators will be able to use and benefit from the program. It is particularly suited for a visual learner, but auditory or kinesthetic learners will not find it difficult or tiring."
- Tina Rice, Homeschooling Parent and Reviewer for The Old Schoolhouse
"I am using the sixth grade class for my 9 year old son. He is gifted in math, but has some characteristics of an ADHD learner, so ALEKS has been perfect for him. We love the simple screen without lots of distractions; that one problem is presented at a time; that problems are at his level of mastery...no slogging through tons of material he already knows; that if my son gets the problems correct, he can move on to another topic; and the price. Earning a piece of the ALEKS pie is all the motivation my son needs to complete his lessons...no arguments over how many pages of math to do."
- Laurie Becker, Homeschooling Parent
"ALEKS is a fun math program because it’s a fun way to learn to do math; it helps you do the problems, lets you use a dictionary if you need to know what a word is, and sometimes lets you use a calculator. It lets you do the problem over again if you get it wrong, and that’s cool. My favorite part of ALEKS is the inbox. You can send messages to people, get replies, and get help from ALEKS Customer Support. ALEKS is a great way to learn, so I would recommend it."
- Deidra S., Homeschooled Student
"I am pleased with my daughter’s progress on ALEKS. I have noticed her excitement for math continue to grow with this program. It is good to see her challenged and advancing in areas that she is not so strong in at this time. She likes the immediate feedback, instruction, and practice opportunities that ALEKS offers. She feels that ALEKS is a challenge for her and not just a review of concepts she has covered in past Gifted and Talented classes. I feel this is a great enrichment tool and keeps her achieving, as opposed to staying stagnant. I like the ALEKS progress reports; they are a very informative visual report. It is nice to see the district providing a tool for GT students to advance their learning."
- Mary Gowing, Parent of Gifted and Talented Student, CO
"My son took the ALEKS initial assessment and then worked on a couple of questions. He thought it was the best math learning tool that he ever used and told me that I should definitely get the chemistry version for my class. My son really liked the visualization of 'filling up the pie slices' as he worked on new problems. The areas he scored low in are the topics that he said he has always had trouble with, and now he can work on them. Thanks again!"
- Dr. Michelle Driessen, Parent and Director of General Chemistry, University of Minnesota
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