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A Sylvan tutor gives your child the help he needs in the areas he needs it most.

Before a Sylvan tutor can formulate your child's personalized tutoring program, we require a detailed profile of your child's individual academic strengths and needs. The specific needs of your child are captured by a Sylvan tutor using the Sylvan Skills Assessment®, a unique combination of standardized tests, diagnostic tools and personal interviews (including vision and hearing screening). The results are a blueprint that your Sylvan tutor uses to determine areas where your child needs to the most help. We work with you to develop the most personalized program possible for your child.

For more than 25 years, the Sylvan Skills Assessment has served as the springboard that launches your child toward his learning goals. Whether you choose in-center or live, online tutoring from home, the Sylvan Skills Assessment is an essential component of every Sylvan tutoring program.

Below we have outlined the advantages of the Sylvan Skills Assessment.

Academic subjects don't exist in isolation. Addressing what "someone thinks the problem is" in one subject does not uniformly remediate or enrich a child's school studies. For instance, a student might be struggling in math because he cannot read word problems. Without the Sylvan Skills Assessment, a tutor could mistakenly spend time covering math units, when the most pressing needs are in reading.
We also find that problems in school are rarely limited to one subject. While trouble in one subject may be more obvious than another, more often than not, the Sylvan Skills Assessment will uncover skill gaps in other subject areas.
The Sylvan Skills Assessment also provides a benchmark from which each child is starting. As students see their own progress made during regular re-testing of material, their motivation and confidence levels will rise.

Additionally, the results of the Sylvan Skills Assessment are used in the regular progress reports your Sylvan tutor schedules. The assessment is the basis for determining and proving the success of your child's work with a Sylvan tutor. The Sylvan Skills Assessment results are also used to measure if Sylvan's performance guarantee has been met.

The Sylvan Skills Assessment is guided by assessment practices espoused in the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing and Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education.

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Get $25 off the Sylvan Skills Assessment®, a detailed picture of your child's academic strengths and weaknesses. Call 1-888-EDUCATE or download the coupon here.

"The Sylvan Skills Assessment is the blueprint. It identifies the skill gaps that we need to address with this particular child."

- Maddy G., Sylvan Tutor

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