In the fifth grade, our daughter’s school district has a test designed to test math skills. The results are very important: they will determine Arieana’s math abilities and will place her in the middle school class that best matches her skills. To give her a legup in middle school, we decided that we would enroll her in Afficient Academy, [...]
Meet Angelina Chen. She’s been a student at Afficient Academy since June of last year. Angelina’s parents noticed a need and chose Afficient Academy because of the flexibility that comes with an online program. Angelina is in 4th Grade, but her Diagnostic Test identified learning gaps in her math understanding. So, she started at the Grade 2 level in Afficient [...]
Considering the current pandemic, the supervised practice sessions formerly at our corporate learning centers will take place online until the end of January. Students who have signed up for these sessions at the learning center can attend the online sessions on the same day and time and with the same instructor. We will closely monitor the pandemic and continue [...]
Many students dislike math, and some students even fear it. For Feng, the story was different; He fell in love with math and had fun learning it. He is currently a 4th grader at Woodrow Wilson and achieved the honor status in Afficient Academy within just a few months of enrolling. Feng’s Afficient Math journey started in June 2021. His parents found out about Afficient Academy through an online advertisement, and they responded by scheduling a free diagnostic test [...]
This week, we share the story of an Afficient Star who completed five grades of Afficient Math in fourteen months. We are thrilled by this third grader at Cumberland Elementary School and her achievements! Lucy Zhang's parents searched for an excellent online math program last year when the pandemic started. Recommended by a friend, they liked the idea of [...]
It is December, which means that winter break is quickly approaching. While short breaks of less than four weeks provide great opportunities to celebrate holidays with family and rest after semesters, spending too much time away from school can be detrimental to students' academic growth. The traditional school year in the United States involves a 10-12 week-long summer break [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 3, 2021 - Afficient Academy, Inc., a Silicon Valley education technology company, announces its guarantee of exceptional results for Afficient Math, its AI-based K-12 math learning program. Afficient Academy guarantees that a student will reach Honors status of Afficient Math within 1 year and High Honors status of Afficient Math within 3 years of enrollment. [...]
It is the end of November, and officially college application season for high school seniors. The end of the fall semester can be exciting and nerve-racking for students taking steps to complete their applications and submit them in December and January (for the Common Application). Since 2020, many colleges and universities have revised their expectations for applicants, particularly considering [...]
We all remember sitting in that room before end-of-year testing, filling out scantrons and sharpening our no.2 pencils. We remember sitting in silence for hours so everyone could focus on math, reading comprehension, and listening skills. We remember massaging our hands when we finished, relieved that summer vacation was quickly approaching. We don't often remember the ultimate purpose of [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has required many industries to experiment with new and innovative approaches to serving the needs of the public. The education industry is no exception. The 2020/2021 school year was tumultuous, to say the least, and incessant disruptions widely impacted student learning. Indeed, K-12 students began the 2021/2022 school year an average of five months behind grade level [...]
