Beth is a 15 year old, 9th grade student, who recently enrolled with you. She transferred to your school due to behavior issues at her previous school. She recently took the RenStar assessment that resulted in her having a 6.8 grade equivalency for mathematics. You look at her transcript and realize she has credit for one semester of Algebra with a letter grade of a D. What are your next steps with Beth when it comes to math?

Emmanuel is a 17 year old, 11th grade student, who has 3 years of math left to complete and his RenStar equivalency is 7.9 for mathematics. In the past he has been assigned the SAW and the Edmentum version of Algebra 1A, but never completed a unit. Recently he has been assigned the SAW version of Algebra 1A again, a week has passed and shows up to his appointment ready to test for his first unit of Economics. What are the next steps for Emmanuel’s IS teacher?

Kevin is an 18 year old senior taking Algebra 2 in SGI. He has credits for Algebra 1 A & B and passed both with a B and has a RenStar grade equivalency of 5.1 in math. Kevin is struggling in his class. Kevin has gone to 5 out of the last 6 class sessions, completes his work, but it is not always correct, and refuses to come in for extra tutoring. The class is about to start unit 3 and Kevin has not been able to pass the unit 2 assessment. Kevin wants to drop the course. What interventions can support Kevin at this point?

Sara is a 15 year old student in an Algebra 1 SGI course. She comes to every class on time, and is willing to come to tutoring. All formative assessment and homework is completed incorrectly. During class sessions Sara is quiet and refuses to participate in class discussions. During tutoring she is persistent that she does not understand anything and is asking you to give her something easier to do. Sara RenStar grade equivalency is a 4.0. How do you help build Sara’s self confidence and skills in math?

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