Christian Liberty Academy CLASS Curriculum Math Fails
The ratio of Flims to Flams was 5 to 8. If a total of 156 were present, how many of them were Flams?
Calculate 5x - 1/2 if 2x+3 = 19.
Simplify (6r2st3 - 9rs2t2)/(3rst).
My son got all three of these problems correct, the first two being a bit bizarre ( in my opinion) for Algebra I.
But, my son is a failure in math! Yes according to Christian Liberty Academy in the CLASS program, my son’s score of 68 out of 100 is an F! We kept a copy of his test and I graded it. With partial credit, as appropriate, he got 79%. With NO partial credit he gets 69%! Tell me how they get 68%? We have our son enrolled in the CLASS program (for now at least) where we mail in his tests, they grade them, and after completing all classes, he graduates from their school, diploma and all. I have contacted CLASS on this test and contested this exam, but have not heard back - it has been nearly a week.
I do not approve of a system that fails students in areas they have talent in, as Christian Liberty Academy CLASS program has done here. They seemed to have missed an important aspect of education - finding what the student does correctly is equally important as finding what the student does incorrectly.
I am not some kind of educational revisionist. And I don’t oppose homeschooling nor Christian home schooling. Also, I believe in upholding high standards. But as a student in engineering, graduate level mathematics, and an instructor of mathematics through the college calculus level, I have never, ever, witnessed a standard where absolutely no partial credit is given on a short answer test!
We will be ending our participation in the Christian Liberty Academy and the CLASS program, except for perhaps use of their science books. To be fair, their 9th grade science book is perhaps the best 9th grade science books I have used with the kids. (It is from a Christian perspective by the way) We will continue to use this book for our other kids at grades 8 and/or 9. The experiments using household items are insightful and the content is comprehensive, yet at a level that an 8th or 9th grade student can comprehend. As far as their Saxon Math goes, Saxon Math is not my 1st choice at grades 9-12, and Christian Liberty has found a way to make it even less preferable.