Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
This math program is very broad in its scope. It goes from early math skills up through calculus! If you are not sure where your student should begin, there are a variety of diagnostic tests that you can use to determine placement.
Once you have determined where you will start your student, they will begin and work through the lessons. I was using this program as both a parent and a student, so I'll tell you both sides!
From the parent side: you can either determine if you want your student to start somewhere and work straight through, lesson after lesson.
You will receive progress reports which show you which lessons they did and when they did them. You will also see the student's scores. If you would prefer to assign lessons (whether in order or not), you can use the task assignment function where you assign lessons and the dates that they are to be completed. It is very easy to do without much confusion on your part.
You will receive progress reports which show you which lessons they did and when they did them. You will also see the student's scores. If you would prefer to assign lessons (whether in order or not), you can use the task assignment function where you assign lessons and the dates that they are to be completed. It is very easy to do without much confusion on your part.
On the student side, those assigned tasks are very easy to find on your dashboard.
When a student enters the lesson, they will view the video for the lesson (which is like a blackboard-type with audio, so the student can see the steps to solving the problems). There is also a helpful lesson summary below the video which gives the overview of the lesson. There is a questions tab on some lessons which asks questions or math problems related to the lesson which the student completes and it automatically scores the answers as correct or not. 
The worksheet is a full problem set to practice the concept. Some of these are automatically scored, others (like in some upper level calc lessons, at least) rely on the user to enter their score.
The video lessons and explanations are very clear and easy to follow.
The parent has a lot of control in this program, of course choosing the lessons they wish to be completed, but also other things like the score for advancement (for instance, maybe you want your student to get 95% of the questions correct before moving on...or maybe you just prefer something different.) 
The students stats can be viewed online within the program, or if you are a person who would rather have paper records, there is a nice checklist that you can download and use to keep track of progress as well.
All in all, this program is very easy to use and might be something for you to look into if you would like math lessons for your student. This program could also be used as supplemental, giving a student extra practice or review in different topics. I actually think I'll have my soon-to-be-college-freshman take a look at some of the lessons before he takes his calculus readiness exam for college placement!
The program is very intuitive and easy to use from both the parents' and the students' perspective. CTCMath is a pretty easy open and go type program without a terrible learning curve for parents. There are some user guides if you would like more explanations, but for the most part it is pretty self-explanatory.
One thing that I like about it is that it engages the student on several different levels, they hear the material and see the problems worked out, they complete question/answer section, and they work through a worksheet. I think that CTCMath would be worth your looking into if you are searching for a math program for your student!
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