Graduate Levels

Each of our learning modes (addition/subtraction and multiplication/division) culminates with a graduate level. The graduate level is designed for students to use occasionally to maintain their skills acquired throughout the learning mode; it does not introduce new material. On the teacher dashboard, the graduate level is represented by a graduation cap.

At my school, when a student reaches the graduate level, we typically do the following :

1. Turn on the student's super-advanced Level Lifters. You'll see this option when you click the edit icon on the student's line, or - if you have multiple graduates - you can do this with the Group Edit tool.
2. Reassess the student by assigning the student to the Placement Test. You can do this by clicking the edit icon on the student's line.
3. Have the student work through the program again, this time taking Level Lifters to pass super-advanced levels.
4. When the student graduates again, reduce their fluency rate by a second and consider reducing their whoopsies by a step too.
5. Reassess.
6. Repeat

We find the few students who reach this high level like the challenge of having to work through the program with more difficult requirements.

This article was written by Mike Kenny, fifth-grade teacher and founder of MathFactLab.