Tutoring in Manchester, New Hampshire
Kolu is software. Nobody from Kolu will drive to your house in Manchester, and we have no office there. If you want a person, this page says how we would look for one. If the question is which skill is missing, we can help with that part.
One district, the Manchester School District, covers the whole city, and a home address decides the elementary, middle and high school. The district runs four high schools, which are Central, Memorial, West and the Manchester School of Technology. The Find My School tool on the district website gives the assignment for any street. Students in grades 3 to 8 take NH SAS each spring, and juniors take the SAT at their own high school as the state test.
State tests Manchester students take
| Grade | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and writing | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | Not tested | Not tested | SAT | Not tested |
| Math | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | NH SAS | Not tested | Not tested | SAT | Not tested |
| Science | Not tested | Not tested | NH SAS Science | Not tested | Not tested | NH SAS Science | Not tested | Not tested | NH SAS Science | Not tested |
- NH SAS (New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System): reading and writing, math, grades 3 through 8
- NH SAS Science: science, grades 5, 8 and 11
- SAT: reading and writing, math, grade 11
The civics requirement is the one with a pass mark. A student has to score 70 percent or better on the U.S. naturalization civics exam, and pass a local civics competency assessment, to be eligible for a diploma.
Testing dates and graduation rules for the whole state are on a separate page. New Hampshire guide
Kolu finds the missing skill and goes back to it
It starts with a skill check, a short test that gets harder or easier depending on the last answer. The result is a map of the subject broken into skills with their prerequisites drawn in, each one marked as solid, still being learned, or a gap.
After that, each session is a handful of activities picked for that student, usually something due for review, a gap to repair and one new skill. When an answer is wrong, Kolu looks at which earlier skill the mistake points to and goes back to it. Here is what that looks like for a sixth grader who can't divide fractions.
The problem on the page
3/4 ÷ 2/5
Dividing fractions
Grade 6
Multiplying fractions
Grade 5 · rests on the one below
Equivalent fractions
Grade 4 · usually where it started
Multiplication facts
Grade 3
Kolu does not call a skill mastered after one right answer. That takes correct work on different kinds of problems on different days, and a skill that fades gets brought back.
Kolu is not test prep for NH SAS. It has no bank of released questions. It teaches the skills the test draws on, and it will not do tonight's homework.
It runs in a browser, so it works the same in Bedford, Goffstown, Hooksett, Londonderry and Auburn as it does in Manchester.
When to hire a person instead
Some students need a person, and software is the wrong purchase for them. That includes a child who shuts down when the work gets hard, a student with a learning disability who needs someone trained in it, and anyone with an exam in ten days.
In Manchester, ask the school first. Teachers know who tutors, and a counselor at Manchester School District can tell you what the district already offers at no cost. After that, try students at Southern New Hampshire University, University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Saint Anselm College or Manchester Community College, who took these courses recently and usually charge less than an agency.
Whoever you hire, ask one question before the first session: how will you find out what my child doesn't know? If the answer is that they will go over the homework, keep looking.
Free for one subject, $15 a month for 5
Kolu is free for one subject at a time, with one full skill check every 30 days and up to 4 sessions a day. Plus is $15 a month, or $120 for a year, and covers 5 subjects at once with unlimited skill checks. A learner under 13 needs a parent or guardian to set up the account.