Data Shows that Afficient Accelerates Student Learning 2-5 Times Faster than Traditional School SAN JOSE, CALIF., March 29, 2022 – A perfect storm is brewing at the country’s K-12 schools as teachers and parents struggle to support children who have fallen behind. Facing resource-strapped educational systems exacerbated by the pandemic “learning loss,” [...]
Nicholas is a long-term Afficient student. He joined Afficient Academy in September 2017 as a sixth grader. His parents learned about our new education startup from a friend and decided to try its free Diagnostic Test. Nicholas took tests for both Afficient Math and Afficient English. Based on his performance on the Diagnostic Tests, it was agreed that Nicholas [...]
Last week, we addressed the top 5 punctuation mistakes that writers typically make in their writing. This week, we will discuss the most frequently confused words in written English. We use a lot of homophones when we speak. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Examples are "your" and "you're" and "its" and [...]
Last week, we learned about the top 5 grammatical errors that writers typically make in their writing. This week, we will learn about the top 5 writing conventions that writers typically struggle with. Academic Writing Conventions Unlike grammar conventions, writing conventions include capitalization, punctuation, and spelling rules in writing. We all know how to use end punctuation (or periods, [...]
Patrick’s parents came across an article about Afficient Academy and decided to try its free Diagnostic Test. Attracted by Afficient Academy's self-paced and self-learning features, they enrolled Patrick in Afficient Math in January 2022. Based on his Diagnostic Test results, Patrick started at a third-grade level, the equivalent of his grade in school. Patrick spends around 4 hours per [...]
Arieana Liang joined Afficient Academy almost two years ago as a 5th grader. Based on her Diagnostic Test results, she started Afficient Math on grade level. Arieana plans her time around her AfficientMath studies and loves to learn every day. Her disciplined and focused approach to learning has helped her earn a place in an advanced math class at her [...]
