Your child does not continue on until you have witnessed the results yourself and attest in writing as to your satisfaction. If your child is having difficulty with a school subject such as math or history, it is guaranteed that your child is lacking adequate study skills. By study skills, we do not mean organization and self discipline of study effort and time but study skills for understanding instructional texts independent of tutors or teachers. If your child is having trouble with any subject, there is most likely deeper missing basics that have gone unseen. These are found in testing.
Good progress requires excellent intuition and communication on the part of the tutor.
He or she must know when the student is not understanding and prevent confusion with the alert eye. The tutor must be calm, patient and inspiring. He can not push, as force will bring about a new barrier to learning. Although we expect high production from our students, we only expect them to perform what we have taught them well. You are encouraged to sit in on testing because it is similar to a tutoring session but the testing specialist seeks out missing basics and potential in your child.