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Here's something most parents don't know about the Algebra 1 Regents: a student needs only about 35% of the points to pass. On recent exams, a passing score of 65 has taken roughly 29 out of 82 raw points. And here's something I've seen again and again in 20 years of tutoring: a student who is good with a graphing calculator can answer a large share of the multiple-choice questions without really understanding the algebra behind them. Graph both sides, find where the lines cr

Your child sits down and does the homework. Maybe you've even bought a workbook, found a worksheet online, added extra problems on the weekend. And the grade still isn't moving. It's one of the most frustrating patterns in math, because it looks like the opposite of a lazy-kid problem. The effort is there. The problem is somewhere else. The mistake usually isn't where it shows up Here's what actually happens more often than not: a student is stuck on algebra, so everyone, und