# ALEKS Reviews **Vendor:** McGraw-Hill Education **Category:** [Assessment Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/assessment) **Average Rating:** 3.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 34 ## About ALEKS Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ## ALEKS Reviews ### 1. Pleasant mathematics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leonardo Daniel D. | Consultor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 05, 2023 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** What I liked most about Aleks was always its learning system, as I could review all the math exercises I wanted while in the course, and to progress, I had to learn them. Additionally, its system for identifying which topics are most difficult for you is incredible. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** What I don't like about Aleks is that in some topics, the explanation of them was very confusing, and when I asked for another explanation, it was even more difficult. I feel they should improve that part of the explanations. If they included a video tutorial of someone doing it, it would undoubtedly be the best math software. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** ALEKS is solving the problem of personalization and adaptability in learning. By using an adaptive system, ALEKS identifies individual strengths and weaknesses and provides relevant and challenging content to meet specific needs. This benefits me by allowing me to progress at my own pace, focus on areas for improvement, and obtain a personalized learning experience that maximizes my understanding and retention of concepts. ### 2. A revolutionary tool in learning mathematics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angel D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2023 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** With the time I have used ALEKS, I can say that, in general, it is a very comprehensive tool. If implemented correctly with the course, it can reduce the burden and complexity that sometimes arise when studying mathematics. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I can say that some areas of opportunity that ALEKS presents are its user interface and the overall design, as it excels in the mathematical aspect, but sometimes the way exercises are presented can be very monotonous and boring. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** ALEKS solves the problem of personalized learning by offering a platform that adapts to the needs and knowledge level one has on a general topic, unlike the traditional approach. Thanks to this adaptation, as a student, you can go at your own pace without falling behind in the course schedule. Additionally, you can review a topic as many times as necessary, always with new problems to solve. ### 3. A solution for all students **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel N. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2023 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** ALEKS simultaneously works to: -- Rapidly Fill in gaps in prior academic knowledge -- Accelerate all students learning -- Reduce student plagiarism -Supports EL's by having dual-language support easily switched from the student side. --Supports all students with an interactive dictionary with visuals, videos, and examples. -- Boosts long-term retention through mixed review Overall really puts into practice the phrase "an apple a day.." rather than "let's stuff as much fruit in that we can as quickly as possible and never spend time to digest it after today" **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** The downside is it's costly, and getting administrators on board with the expense is hard. The other downside is that, unlike platforms like Edgenuity, ALEKS only offers solutions for Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Statistics, Calculus, and Chemistry (with some fundamental Physics used in applicable sub-topics of Math and Chemistry). **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** ALEKS simultaneously works to: -- Rapidly Fill in gaps in prior academic knowledge -- Accelerate all students learning -- Reduce student plagiarism -Supports EL's by having dual-language support easily switched from the student side. --Supports all students with an interactive dictionary with visuals, videos, and examples. -- Boosts long-term retention through mixed review Overall really puts into practice the phrase "an apple a day.." rather than "let's stuff as much fruit in that we can as quickly as possible and never spend time to digest it after today" ### 4. Frustrating **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Megan K. | Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2022 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like the set up. I find the text videos helpful with introducing new subjects. I feel like they give just enough information to help you get started. You arent going to learn everything you know from the videos though, and reading a math textbook does nothing but confuse me, so sometimes i have to look up the subjects on Khan University instead but for the most part, i find the videos helpful. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I get SO frustrated watching the same videos I just complemented. If i pause the video to take notes, it boots me out. It doesnt matter if i am clicking the pause and unpause button. It still kicks me out wayyyy outside of that "30 minutes" idle time. I am not idle. I am literally clicking pause and unpause while making my way through. Then, when i go onto the next video, all the buttons are greyed out, and i have to exit the program, get back on the program, and then refind my videos. Really annoying, but it gets worse. That video you were working on is marked as unwatched (because they logged you out) and you have to watch it again to get full points. Luckily for me, I dont get points for watching the videos, and i can still submit them, but id imagine if you are graded on them, youll have to rewatch everything for it to mark them as all watched. I dont know if this is a regular problem, or if i need to go through technical support or something, but i have math work to be done, i dont have time to do that. I find it really annoying and i wish theyd fix it because I like this program a 1000 times more than XYZ, and i like that i have the option to go through my pie chart and hone in my skills. I dont do that because i have current assignments due, along with all my other classes, but if i did have the time, I would totally take advantage of that feature. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I dont really have any issues i am trying to solve. I am just doing what my instructor asks me to do. If i am comparing it to the program XYZ, I do think that it helps me better understand the mathmetics, and I didnt know it did other courses. ### 5. Absolutely Terrible Program for learning and extremely frustrating **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2023 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Barely any upside to ALEK's as it is one of the most frustrating programs to use. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** Downsides of ALEK's is that the questions they ask you are not realistic questions that the professor will be asking on any test, it's a waste of time. The software itself has so many bugs, as in if you write a certain number or fraction and it's not in the correct notation of how ALEK's wants it to be, it counts it as wrong which is extremely frustrating when each problem takes 15-30 minutes to solve and you get it wrong because ALEK's doesn't recognize the notation. Another thing is their inactivity of 30 minutes doesn't apply to the E-text, so this means if you're doing any type of problems not inside the actual software of ALEK's and using the E-text, it will turn your screen completely white and exit you out of the program. WHICH IS RIDICULOUS when you're trying to learn a new concept within a textbook. This is like if you're studying at the library and as you're turning the page, someone random comes up and closes your textbook. Absolutely unacceptable and creates another nuisance that you shouldn't even have to deal with. Garbage platform and educational system. DO NOT USE IT IF YOU CAN HELP IT. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Absolutely none ### 6. Aleks Is terrible **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joshua H. | Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2021 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Nothing. Aleks does not help me learn. It is a piece of crap site that has no positives. I hate it and it is pure evil and I have learned nothing from it. It punishes you for learning and punishes you even more for simple mistakes. 0/10 **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** see positives. There is nothing to like about Aleks **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Chemistry, there are no benefits to ALEKS ### 7. One of the most painful experiences you can put your students through **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Samantha W. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2021 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** As a student, I can attest to the pure pain that Aleks gives me and my colleagues. If you are looking to torture your students, this is the perfect application. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** Everything. Interface: There is way too much extra space. This space could easily be used to include a digital workspace, since I do not always have paper. Also, the interface is not very user friendly. The quiz screen is annoying to navigate, and the graph of Aleks time and topics is not very easy to use either. The displayed topics scroll bar does not show all topics that are "ready to learn", and I cannot even see all of them if I go to the pie. Functions: The idea that you can just answer 2 questions to show understanding is just pointless. It is great to get topics out of the way, but all you have to do is get lucky and answer 2 questions correctly in a row, and you can skip the topic. Then, during the knowledge checks (which I will get to later), there is one question per topic. If you by chance get it wrong, you have to redo the topic. Not that this takes long, but it is a nuisance. I usually forget everything, due to insufficient practice (2 questions), and so I am trapped in a loop of doing and then redoing topics. Okay, on to knowledge checks. These are WAY too frequent. They take forever to finish, and during that time, you are unable to work on anything else. You can only avoid knowledge checks if your teacher cancels them/overrides them. Knowledge checks are around 30-45 questions long, and can take me around an hour. I am given them almost once every week or two. Now, let's discuss times. After 30 minutes of inactivity, you are logged out. Now, I hate this because sometimes I need to go eat or grab a snack or look up a decent explanation. And when I come back, I have to log in again, navigate to the question, and then do it. I get it, you don't want idle people. But it is still such a drag. Another thing, Aleks forces you to do certain topics or not to certain topics. It always goes in order in the scroll bar, and I can't click a "Not Ready Yet" button to dismiss the suggestion. It defaults to a weird order, and makes it very time consuming to follow your own order. And after getting a topic wrong a few times, it forces you to work on something else. It should just be a suggestion, not a mandate. I am working on a topic, and I am working hard just to be interrupted by that idiotic message. And after getting it wrong, sometimes it shows you what you submitted, and sometimes it doesn't. I would appreciate some consistency... It is very useful to see what you wrote in comparison to the answer. The progress bar also goes down when you get something wrong, which is just frustrating. You should just not get a bar for that question. I think that there should be no "double credit" either, so you have to answer 3 or 5 questions correctly. Also, those explanations are complete trash. As are the introduction screens. There should be a way for other Aleks users to write their own explanations either for themselves or for one another. It could even be restricted to your class, in the school setting. Quicktables: These are okay... But I wish that there was an option to go for longer than 15 minutes, especially if you are playing one of the games (which I do approve of). The instructors should be customizable as well. Maybe it could be an unlock system. You can get a coin for every correct answer, and maybe lose a coin for every incorrect one. You can spend coins for cosmetics for the instructor. Aleks is conclusively one of (if not the sole) worst programs I have ever had the displeasure of using. I would not assign Aleks assignments to my worst enemy. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Aleks is just another broad math program, but worse. It is not comprehensive, does not prioritize any sort of sensible or customized order, and it just terrible all around. Most math and school studies prove to be useless in real life. Aleks is no exception to this well known truth. ### 8. Worst Program Possible **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Blossom Z. | Student, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2021 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Nothing. I like that it makes other pains in life number by comparison. I used to complain about crowded bus rides or a chipped nail, but nowadays I think to myself, "At least I'm not doing ALEKS at the moment!". **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** Too many to name. This website is absolute trash. I am in so much pain. I no longer sleep at night. My head is filled with a constant buzzing. Red haunts me. I am a broken shell of the man I once was. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I realized that the best way to study is to ditch ALEKS and use something else. It's such a painfully preposterous, snobbish, unwieldy, and cumbersome software that it's better to eat a chunk of plutonium rather than read about it here. ### 9. Horrible Product **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kevin W. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2020 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** In all honesty nothing about this program is good besides being able to work on your own pace. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** Aleks is a subpar program on the best of days. The explanations are little to no help at all, before you start a new topic the "explanation" page gives you an example problem that rarely is the same as the question you get (the question you get is often more complicated and has extra steps which the page does not show). I often find the site doesn't load questions or load after hitting the "check" button. I know this isn't my internet because I've tried on 3 computers (2 of them being a wired connection). On most days I find myself leaving the site with more questions then I had logging in. I also find the explanation page being basically the bear minimum, just enough to get you done with the topic/goal. The knowledge checks (KC) are alright for the most part same with the DSAs. My only complaint is when doing a KC for a goal, it throws in random questions from either previous goals, which isn't a bad thing besides aleks has poor explanation and I often find myself not learning and just scraping by, or it throws in things you haven't learned yet. DSAs wouldn't be bad besides the fact that, once again it gives poor explanation on the things you got wrong. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** In all honesty, I think you are better off passing on it unless you have no one to teach you or are in college and everyone is all over the place with placement. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I guess the school can get by because they can't be bothered to hire good math teachers, so they use this program thinking its "better", when its not. ### 10. Aleks Is the worst math program out there **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2021 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** It can give you extra tries on tests but thats it. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** EVERYTHING. I'm literally failing math class right now because I couldn't complete them. They are tough to do and take so much unnecessary time **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** dont use it **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have seen no benefits. It teaches you nothing and is pretty much useless. It's not the things that you are learning in class or anything. ### 11. ALEKS is not supportive, substantial, or valuable. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Alternative Dispute Resolution | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2021 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Nothing about this so-called learning website has the resources to help students actually understand math. The definitions are over-explained and when actually, trying to learn, all the topics are mismatched. This program belongs in the dump. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** Everything, especially whatever type of software runs this rubbish site. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** ALEKS has created more mental problems than actual math-related problems. I have realized that this site is ignorant of the learning process students should learn though. ### 12. This is the most frustrating math program ever! **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2020 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like the ALEKS pie. ALEKS is a good tool to use to review things. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** ALEKS is so frustrating math program. They don't give you enough practice on anything, and when the knowledge check comes, it is easy to forget how to do things. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I tried to solve ALEKS problems by writing things down in my notebook. I have realized that ALEKS is good for reviewing things and keeping track of your progress. ### 13. Aleks is a great way to help fill the gaps for each student in your large classroom. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2019 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like that Aleks give students a test and then uses that information to retract/teach concepts to the students. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I dislike how expensive it is. I also dislike that it only tests students after 6 hours of use. This is great for students who are able to use the program in class every day but for schools that don’t have that luxury, it’s too much time between checking what the need. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Only get Aleks if you are a one to one school! **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to help every student fill in gaps in my very large classrooms!! ### 14. Learning with ALEKS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tanner A. | Aquarium Technition, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2019 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** How it embeds the nformation into your brain by a repetitive learning algorithm. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** The frustration of repeating troubling topics that you miss over and over until you get them right . **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not forgetting the information learned the next day or over an extended period of time. Due to their learning process ### 15. Not bad at all. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 26, 2019 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** It is simple. It gets the work done. I need to use more apps. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I need to get so many programs. Sometimes I am tired of the amount of resources but sometimes I am happy. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Assessment and communication with parents. ### 16. A program about patterns rather than content **Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 06, 2018 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Explanations went step by step and were given right after a wrong answer. They were very clear and well written. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** For the more difficult content, it was more about learning the pattern on how to complete the module rather than learning the content. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Use a light amount of modules as the completion time can vary heavily depending on the individual **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gives instant feedback for students during their time and is somewhat convenient. ### 17. Informational and Workable **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cris D. | Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2018 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like the overall layout and page selection. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I dislike features that get in the way like highlighting. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Easy to use and many useful tools at your disposal. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scientific questions involving red tide and more. ### 18. Aleks work **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2018 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like how it allows you to easily grow and get work done. it's very easy to setup and Is great for the class **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I dislike how tedious it is and how it forces you to repeat the same work **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** its great **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** it helps me get better at math ### 19. ALEKS is amazing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anne V. | Instructor of mathematics, Higher Education, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** It's the only adaptive learning software that I feel really lives up to the description adaptive. I choose which topics I want my course to cover, and then ALEKS has students take an initial assessment to see what they already know and walks them through understanding the topics they don't know. Periodically, it re-assesses them to make sure that they remember what they have learned and to check for extra, unexpected learning. As the students practice each topic, they have to answer a series of closely related questions, and these questions are more different than merely the same problem with different numbers. For the most part, additional homework assignments and quizzes are superfluous. ALEKS also has a variety of reports for me to see which students have been working on what. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I don't like that the due dates for modules can only be set for 11:59pm. The due dates on quizzes, homeworks, etc can be set to be due at any time, but I can't can only specify a day for the learning modules. The reports are hard to navigate at first because there are so many, and they're not always intuitively labeled. The thing I like the least is that there is no way for me to program in additional questions directly. There is a way to add external grades to the gradebook, but I can't add any questions directly. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Ask the McGraw-Hill folks to set up a training for your instructors well before you bring students in. It does take some time to learn how it all works. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** ALEKS helps my university keep our curriculum more uniform at all of our campuses, which is something our administration prizes. When students miss class, ALEKS helps keep them from falling too far behind, and ALEKS makes sure they work hard to earn the grades they do. ### 20. Aleks is great for working with students one-on-one **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2018 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I used Aleks with a high school student who needed to take her Algebra 2 course over the summer. We both liked the visual graphs representing progress, the variety of activities/questions, and the broad scope of topics. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** For some sections, her progress was slower because of the way the reteaching modules were introduced. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** I am considering using ALEKS with another student to improve skills over the summer. It has an independent component that is helpful for older students, yet there is also the ability for the teacher/tutor/parent to monitor and provide feedback on progress. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides an online solution to individualized instruction for students. ### 21. Valuable tool in sharpening your knowledge **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yia Yia S. | Research Assistant, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Its very easy to use. I like it very organized and lets you when assignments are due and keeps track of your progress. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** One frustrating thing about Aleks is when you get a question wrong it will continue to backtrack until you get it right. I tend to make careless computing mistakes so when I enter the answer incorrectly into the system even though I know what I'm doing it marks me wrong and now I'm back to square one. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Send students emails/alerts of upcoming assignments and due dates. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have no business problems that I'm solving with ALEKS. ### 22. Pretty good overall **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alicia Z. | Department of Chemical Engineering Lab Assistant, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** The online textbook is very convenient. You don't need to bring around a big book, which saves paper and space, and can access homework fairly easily as long as you have access to the internet. Additionally, I like that they tell you how many attempts you have for the assignment and when the assignment due date is. This makes finishing my work much more efficient. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** For a lot of my textbooks, I cannot access the textbook directly. I need to first click into my assignments and then go to my textbook. I feel like this wastes a lot of time, especially because it only brings you to the chapter that corresponds to the homework. I believe this is a major area that can be improved. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** It is still a good program, just the connect homework problems be a little confusing at first. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I once had problems because I had registered a textbook with the wrong professor. Their customer service is very good, their hours are amazing, and the problem was resolved very quickly. ### 23. ALEKS was easy to use and assess student progress **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I love the reports that I can run to see students progress and I like that I can see exactly what questions students got incorrect and what problems they skipped. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I do not like that the program can be boring for students. I wish there was more interaction, such as videos, for the students. I also wish assessments could be rescheduled. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** This is a great program for secondary students. It allows them to choose their course of learning. However, once an assessment is started, there is no getting out of it, even if a teacher requests an assessment, so this may cause students to get burned out with how frequently they need to be on the program. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking student progress, student centered classrooms, blended learning. ### 24. Individualized academic instruction **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 28, 2018 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** This program is great for placement testing and to allow students to work and make progress from their personal level. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** The program doesn't always skip previously learned skills and sometimes requires more practice. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Great for placement and to allow self-instruction **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Leveling information for students ### 25. ALEKS for Math **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** Easy to use for students, good customer service from ALEKS Customer service, step by step tutorial for students **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** So far there is nothing to dislike about this software, it seems to be a great resource for students to be using to help with their math skills **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** A great program for students to use on campus or at home. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Business problems being solved by ALEKS is helping students brush up on their math skills. With this software students can come in the Math Success Lab on campus and review and prepare for classes, assessment tests, etc. ### 26. ALEKS McGraw **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emily S. | Teacher, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I really like how everything aligns with standards and there rigorous and work with accommodations. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I dislike how there is no answer keys to the assignments and worksheets online. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not facing any business problems that need to be solved. I have seen benefits of not having to waste paper for assignments and tests. ### 27. Great **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jillian J. | Purchasing Clerk, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** We have many buildings that use McGraw Hill **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I have had no complaints about the use from any teachers **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** No complaints so I would say keep going :) **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our teachers use it in classrooms ### 28. ALEKS Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 25, 2017 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like that I am able to see the percentage of completion on a pie chart for each student, discovering which topics are stronger. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** In the original version, you cannot search by student. I believe this is new in the updated system. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to review students' placement scores and determine appropriate math and chemistry placement. ### 29. A helpful learning tool for K-12 **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2016 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I am a pretty big advocate of ALEKS, and I've used it for quite a while now. I love being able to pull up what the kids have learnt and haven't learned. It's possible to know who has mastered a subject and who has not. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** There isn't really much I dislike about this program. I don't like the notifications, and sometimes the user interface is hard to use. Occasional glitches can happen, so remember to keep your work saved at all times. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** As I always say, remember to analyze the other alternatives and all the capabilities of the program in order to make good use of the money it costs. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it for testing in order to make a Thesis about educational software and games. One of the big benefits is that is supported by a well known corporation as Mc Graw Hill, and it has great client assistance to guide you through the options. ### 30. Aleks from an Algebra 1 Teacher in Indiana **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alusta T. | Teacher, Education Management, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2015 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** The program allows you to differentiate your instruction easily. It also gives you great data on student progress. Because ALEKS in now owned by McGraw Hill, you can work with them on pricing. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** In earlier versions some of the charts were hard to get into an easy to print form and if a pre-made class doesn't exist you have to spend a good amount of time creating it, but ALEKS has several premade courses that are set to current state standards. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** This is an amazing remediation program. I don't think it could take the pace of teaching a course for most students but it get students what they need to be successful on the test with just a little outside teaching. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** With the State test in Indiana being a graduation requirement this lets you get low students up to grade level and continue on to high levels with out having to bog them down with things they know and go over their heads with things they done. ### 31. Testing Tool **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Julie D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2015 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** The program adapts to the user and it changes the questions up based off of what you have answered correctly/incorrectly. The program is simple to use once you get started and there are a lot of features within the program. I used this for math so there were rulers, graph makers, and calculators available. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** It took me a long time to start using the software did not work on certain web browsers and I ended up using the software on Mozilla Firefox. I had to download firefox and perform additional steps in order to run Aleks. **Recommendations to others considering ALEKS:** Pricing is a bit high and the program should be able to run on different browsers. This would make the program more convenient and it would decrease the amount of customer support needed. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** As an accounting major, I have taken Aleks exams for schools and work assessments. ### 32. ALEKS is a helpful yet frustrating and tedious resource to use for learning general chemistry. **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leah K. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 22, 2015 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I liked that the ALEKS topics coincided with the textbook chosen by the professor. When seeking help with various questions, ALEKS would direct you to the section in the book to find more information. This was a useful way to review material. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** I did not like that if you got a question wrong, ALEKS would add many more questions for you to complete until that topic is considered "learned". Many times, the errors were mechanical errors, but ALEKS did not differentiate between mechanical and structural errors. Also, ALEKS has a very specific way of asking questions, and often it was not a matter of "do you know this topic" but rather "can you fill in the blanks ALEKS has left for you to complete". This could many times be done by simply following the outline of the explanation given. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** N/A ### 33. ALEKS Review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sunny C. | Data Analytics Engineer, Internet, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2015 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** implementation of ALEKS resulted in better course management. I spent far less office-hour time tutoring students on financial accounting material. ALEKS provides a great way for educators teaching the introduction to accounting course to address the functional competencies of financial accounting in both an efficient and effective manner. I love the new interface that just recently got deployed. Tablet-friendly interface with easier, faster navigation and Student reports, providing progress data and giving students greater visibility into and ownership of their learning. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** There really isn't much I dislike about this program. Its very well versed and detailed in the content that it provides. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** None. ### 34. I use this product every day for teaching Reading and Language Arts. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2015 **What do you like best about ALEKS?** I like that the software has daily instruction laid out in an organized fashion. The games for whole group instruction are valuable tools for engaging every learner. **What do you dislike about ALEKS?** There are often glitches that cause the software to hesitate or shut down. The program really only works using Chrome. It is not as user-friendly as it could be. It is hard to find where certain documents are stored. The answer keys are incorrect. **What problems is ALEKS solving and how is that benefiting you?** The videos, music, and games help keep the students engaged. The students know what to expect and enjoy the structure and routine. 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