SkillsTutor for Webware

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• Good concept, poor execution

  DanceandsingSeptember 17, 2012

  Pros

  Discreet lessons with pre and post tests allows you to view progress and identify areas to work on. It's approach will definitely prepare your kids to take a standardized test.

  Cons

  There are numerous inaccuracies in this program. Questions - and "right" answers - are really difficult to identify at times, particularly in the language arts/reading comprehension sections. It can be quite frustrating, especially when the "wrong" answers are actually correct. If your child lacks any imagination or analytical capacity then this may not be an issue. Anyone with even basic reasoning skills will encounter some frustration. Many of the pages are too visually loaded and busy. Directions are confusing at times.

  Summary

  I purchased a one year subscription and will not renew. I will say that as a lesson in how to think like a test preparer and the inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and generally meaningless attempt to quantify "knowledge" this program will more than prepare your child for the mind-numbing preoccupation with test taking. It's frustrating, nit-picking, and certainly will teach your children how to think for a test. However, as a measure of true knowledge, it falls short.

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