We cleared ALEKS & EPGY through our district curriculum office; both were already on their list of approved curriculum. And we are in a tiny backwoods district... so if we had it already, then hopefully larger districts have encountered these programs as well.
We then had to overcome the teacher's concerns about the much-feared "gaps" or differences between the on-line stuff and the class work. We also agreed that after completing a given grade-level online, our son would have to pass the regular curriculum's test as part of his final grade. This required that I review & compare the outlines, covering any differences with my son in prep for the test.
He did 4th & 5th on ALEKS and is finishing up 6th on EPGY.
