Education
How to Help My Child With Math: What Is Actually Missing
A missing building block, fluency that is not there yet, or shaken confidence: three problems that look identical at the kitchen table and need different fixes.
Luv Chaudhary
I lead strategy and research at Cuemath. I spend most of my week talking to parents across the US about how their children learn math, and turning what they tell us into what we build and teach.
Education
What a Math Tutoring Fee Actually Buys, Month to Month
Two programs can charge the same monthly fee and sell very different things. Six questions separate a path from a set of sessions, before you pay.
Education
The coach who stays: what to ask any program about who teaches your child next year
In 1:1 tutoring, the person is the product. Five questions that show whether a program is built for the coach staying, and what happens if change comes anyway.
Inside Cuemath
What Is a MathFit Evaluation? The 55 Minutes, Explained
You leave with a written report that shows exactly where your child stands in math, and why. That's the point of the 55 minutes, whatever you decide afterward.
Education
What Is MOEMS? The Math Olympiad That Runs at School
Your child cannot enter MOEMS alone. A school, institute, or homeschool group enrolls a team, and the contests run at school. What to ask your child's teacher, and the date to work toward.
Education
CogAT Test by Grade: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3
Parents talk about the CogAT as if it were one test. It is closer to a set of tests that share a name. What a kindergartener, a first grader, and a third grader actually take, and what two districts verifiably do with it.
Education
The ISEE by level: Primary, Lower, Middle, Upper - what changes at each one
The ISEE changes shape by level, and the level follows the grade your child is applying to, not the grade they are in now. What each level actually asks, from a one-hour Primary sitting to the 161-question Upper Level.
Education
Your child's i-Ready diagnostic score: what the number is, and what it is not
The report came home with a number and a phrase like "on grade level." Read the phrase before the number: what the score decides depends on your district, not on the test.
Education
Gifted and Talented Referral Deadlines: How to Find Your District's Window
The gifted test date belongs to the school. The referral deadline belongs to you. Here is how to find your district's referral window and read its deadline down to the clock time.
Education
MAP testing and RIT scores: what the number means for placement
The MAP report came home with a RIT score and no plain answer to whether it decides next year's math class. In the five districts we verified, it never decides alone. Here is what each one actually does with the number.