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We have been using EPGY to supplement math at home for DD6. She breezed through K back in the fall in one week, and completed 1st in about 10 hours (spread over 3 months, we didn't log on more than 1-2/wk).

She is now part-way into the 2nd grade curriculum, but in my opinion, it doesn't look as challenging as 2nd grade math problems I see elsewhere.

I am curious about EPGY's overall curriculum. Is it CC aligned? Is the grade-level math truly grade level? How does it compare to other programs?

Two of the things I have been comparing it to recently is Singapore Math word problem workbooks, and Ten Marks, which is used by her teacher. Both seem to be more challenging on each grade level.

EPGY is aligned with common core; your SSA has access to a standards browser if you want to find where in EPGY a specific standard is addressed. EPGY's curriculum is pretty straight forward, so many parents supplement with non-routine and discreet problems. In addition to Singapore Math word problems, Edward Zaccaro's Challenge Math books are popular to supplement to EPGY in the lower grades. Art of Problem Solving and math competitions like MOEMS are popular supplements in upper elementary and in middle school grades.

I'm no expert because I haven't actually used the program, but from what I've seen Ten Marks contains no where near the level of problems in EPGY, but you'd really need the opinion of someone who has used both.