American Diploma Project™ (ADP) Algebra II Online Course

• What Is the ADP Algebra II End-of-Course Exam?
• What is the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course?
• What Content Is Provided in the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course?
• How Can I Use the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course in My Class?
• Is MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course Content Customizable?
• What Other ADP End-of-Course Exam Resources Are Available?

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What Is the ADP Algebra II End-of-Course Exam?

The ADP Algebra II Exam was developed in a collaborative effort between Pearson, Achieve, Inc, and a consortium of fourteen states to assess students on a common set of core standards in Algebra II and to provide information on whether a student is prepared to enter and succeed in credit-bearing college-level mathematics courses. In the spring of 2008, nearly ninety thousand students across twelve of the fourteen states took the ADP Algebra II End-of-Course exam for the first time. In subsequent years, the number of exam takers is expected to grow significantly.

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What is the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course?

MathXL for School is a powerful online homework, tutorial, and assessment system that accompanies Pearson textbooks in mathematics and statistics. New in 2008, MathXL for School is also available with ADP-aligned content. With MathXL for School, instructors can create, edit, and assign online homework and tests using algorithmically generated exercises correlated at the objective level to the ADP Algebra II standards. They can also create and assign their own online exercises for added flexibility. All student work is tracked in MathXL for School’s online gradebook. Students can take quizzes and tests in MathXL® for School and receive personalized study plans based on their results. The study plan identifies weaknesses and links students directly to tutorial exercises for the objectives they need to study and retest. Students can also access supplemental learning aids, such as animations and video clips, directly from selected exercises.

To support schools teaching students to master the ADP Algebra II standards which are the basis for the ADP Algebra II End-of-Course Exam, Pearson has created the ADP Algebra II Online Course in MathXL for School.

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What Content Is Provided in the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course?

The ADP Algebra II Online Course is designed to be flexible to meet your various needs.

Chapter 0 exclusively covers the ADP Core Standards that will be tested on the ADP end-of-course exam. Chapters 1-15 contain a wider variety of topics, including content from both the ADP Core Standards and the ADP Optional Modules.

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How Can I Use the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course in My Class?

The MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course may be used in a variety of different ways, dependent on available resources and allotted time. Choose the model that works best for you. A few of the models are highlighted below, but visit Different Ways to Use MathXL for School for additional suggestions.

Full-Year Instructional Supplement to a Traditional Class

MathXL for School is a wonderful tool to use as a supplement to a traditional class. In this model, teachers assign daily or weekly homework exercises, quizzes and/or tests for students to do outside of class or in a school laboratory setting. This allows the teacher to reduce the amount of time spent grading papers while students get help and immediate feedback on their work. Teachers can use the Item Analysis feature in MathXL for School to quickly determine class or individual student strengths/weaknesses to determine what needs to be covered in class.

Weekly Assessment Tool to Supplement a Regular Class

If students have limited access in class to computers, MathXL for School can be used for just one or two hours a week in a computer lab. During this time teachers use MathXL for School to deliver assessments that will help them determine exactly what students have learned during the week. With this assessment information, teachers can quickly create online or printed remediation exercises covering those objectives where students just don’t measure up. Teachers can also pre-test students on upcoming lessons to determine which areas can be covered quickly and which topics need more in-depth instruction.

Review for High-Stakes Testing

Use Pearson-provided online test banks or create your own online exercises appropriate for various high-stakes testing such as end-of-course tests, final exams, ITBS, ACT, SAT, graduation exams, etc. For a few weeks preceding the exam or throughout the entire year, students can use MathXL® for School to practice at home, in limited lab time, or before or after school. They can also take practice tests, the results of which will generate an individualized study plan focusing on areas that require additional mastery.

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Is MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course Content Customizable?

The ADP Algebra II Online Course comes loaded with Algebra II content covering the ADP Core Standards, the ADP Optional Modules, and additional Algebra II topics. However, you have the option to hide content that you will not be using in your course. You may also add your own exercises to the homework and test banks if desired.

To customize the content in your course

1. Log in to www.MathXLforSchool.com, go to the Course Manager, and click Create or Copy Course.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to set up your course. On Step 4 of the Course Creation Wizard is where you will customize your course content.
   
   Note: If you have already set up your course, go to the Course Manager, find your course in the list, and choose “Change Settings” from the Action menu. Then click Go. On the Course Settings Summary page, click “Edit” in the Coverage area.
   
   
3. Click the “Expand All” link to view the entire table of contents available to you in your course.
4. Uncheck the boxes to the left of the chapters, sections, and objectives you will not be covering in your course. By doing this, these topics will be hidden from your students in their personalized Study Plans.

Tips for customizing content

• If your students will only be using MathXL for School as a tool to practice for the End-of-Course Exam, you should uncheck all chapters except Chapter 0.
• If your students will be using MathXL for School to practice topics beyond the Core Standards, you should review the contents of Chapters 1-15 and uncheck those areas that you will not be covering in class.

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What Other ADP End-of-Course Exam Resources Are Available?

For additional content review and practice, you can also use Pearson’s printed ADP Algebra II End-of-Course Exam Study Guide. For more information, visit http://www.pearsonschool.com/adp2008.

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American Diploma Project is a trademark of Achieve, Inc., which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, the MathXL for School ADP Algebra II Online Course.