This option includes a Skills Assessment, Skills Analysis, and Skills Inventory Chart.

Skills Assessment	Includes 24 math problems designed to identify skills your student may need to review or practice before starting algebra.
Skills Analysis	After the Assessment, you can perform the Skills Analysis and use it to complete the Skills Inventory Chart.
Skills Inventory Chart	The Skills Inventory Chart can then be used to determine which Skills Lessons we recommend for your student.

Complete the Skills Assessment 

1. Click Skills Assessment with Formula Sheet to print it for your student.
2. Explain to your student that the Skills Assessment is NOT a test. Rather it is simply a way to identify skills the student may need to review or practice so they can be successful in algebra. 
3. Have your student complete the problems on their own. However, if needed, you may read the problems out loud to your student.
4. Give your student:

• Printed Skills Assessment.
• Printed Formula Sheet.

5. Go over these instructions with your student:

• Do use the Formula Sheet.
• Do show your work.
• Do check your work.
• Do not use a calculator.
• Do your best, even if you are unsure how to solve a problem. It is important to attempt and to persevere through each problem.

Complete the Skills Analysis

1. Click Skills Assessment Solutions and Skills Inventory Chart to print them. If you prefer, you can just open the solutions on-screen.
2. Gather your student’s completed Skills Assessment pages and sit with your student.
3. As you go through the Skills Assessment together, regardless of the results:

• Stay Positive.
• Praise your student’s hard work and perseverance.
• Remind your student that the purpose of the assessment is strictly to uncover gaps.

4. For each problem, determine:

5. On the student’s pages, circle the problem number for any problem your student is not able to adequately explain or did not get the correct solution even after attempting to correct mistakes.
6. On the Skills Inventory Chart, scan the Problem column to find each problem number you circled and mark – in the +/– column.
   Note: Problem numbers may be listed for more than one skill.  

Skills Analysis Results

• If you have no – in your Skills Inventory Chart, you should feel confident that your student is ready to start Algebra 1: Principles of Secondary Mathematics! You can end the Readiness Check at this point.
• If you have – for any skills, do not panic! You have the tools you need to bridge those gaps… 

Complete the recommended Skills Lessons

1. For any skill that you have marked – in your Skills Inventory Chart, find that skill under Bridge Materials: Pre-Algebra to Algebra 1: Principles of Secondary Mathematics.

2. Click the skill and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the lesson.

3. Find Solutions for the lesson below the videos. Use the Solutions to check student work, giving consideration to your student’s effort and level of comfort with the skill.

• If your student had several or most problems correct and/or you both feel confident about their work, they can move on to another skill.
• If your student struggled, had many incorrect answers, and/or did not show their work, consider having them redo a few problems and review them again until you both feel confident.

4. When your student completes a Skills Lesson, have them continue to another skill as indicated by a – mark in your Skills Inventory Chart.

Please keep in mind that your student may not need to complete ALL of the Skills Lessons in the Bridge Materials! And these lessons are all optional.

The Skills Lessons are condensed and independent. Your student does not need to complete them in the order they are presented.