Special Education Math Information Special needs kids have incredibly diverse needs when it comes to the way they learn. Fortunately, the supplemental nature of MathScore and its various forms of positive feedback have been effective with a variety of special needs kids. Instant Feedback MathScore is paperless and provides instant feedback the moment a student finishes an online worksheet. The problems are automatically graded and frequently come with step-by-step solution explanations. For you, the lack of paperwork enables you to spend more time working directly with your kids. Appropriate Difficulty Increases Motivation MathScore supports Kindergarten through Algebra I. The curriculum is divided into hundreds of individual math topics, enabling students to practice very specific skills. As a special education teacher, you know how important it is to find content that is accessible for each individual student. With MathScore, you can start with the most basic skills and watch your students grow with the program. What makes MathScore special is that it constantly adapts difficulty based on performance. As students do well, their rating on an individual topic increases as they reach higher difficulty levels. There is also a cumulative score feature and an opportunity to earn special ranks, such as commander, captain, etc. The combination of these features results in strong desire to master a topic, which is to score a rating of 100 on a topic. Evey time a child reaches a rating of 100 on a topic, you have a victory worth celebrating. Share your excitement each time this happens and you'll find the MathScore experience to be quite rewarding. Easy-to-Use Analysis Tools With a few button clicks, you can view activity summaries that cover exactly what each child accomplished in any period of time that you choose. All results are stored in real-time, so the moment a child finishes a worksheet, you can access the results. The main benefit of the analysis tools is that progress is measurable. The reports are very meaningful, and can be appreciated by both parents and high level administrators who want to see proof of progress. Accessibility Every worksheet on MathScore has a time limit that figures into the difficulty adaptation calculations. For special needs kids, the default time limits are often adjusted, which is easy for teachers to do by modifying a parameter called "Seconds Per Problem Padding". MathScore does not provide any audio assistance with the problems. How MathScore Works MathScore Introduction (2:02) Are you hands-on? Start here! Instant Free Trial Information To see if MathScore meets your needs, please follow these steps: Try the instant school version free trial with one student account. Don't forget to view the statistics after you've done some worksheets. If you are really technical, you can even play with the administrative interface to configure classes, teacher accounts, etc. The admin account has username "admin" and password "admin". You might also wish to consult our School Version FAQ. School Pricing Information Click here for a quote about school pricing. By the way, we also have a home version designed for individual families, homeschoolers, private tutors, and tutoring centers. If this is more appropriate for your needs, try the home version free trial. If you have fewer than 15 students, you may find the Home Version to be more cost effective than the school version. However, you'll need to use a credit card to pay for the Home Version. If you need to save money, try getting at least 1 other teacher in your school to come on board with MathScore, and your cost per student using the school version should come down considerably.