| Unit | Correct/Incorrect (● correct · ○ incorrect) | Accuracy · Sample | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radicals & Real Numbers | ●●●●●●●●●●●●○○○ | 80% · 12/15 | Proficient |
| Polynomial Multiplication & Special Products | ●●●●●●●●○○○ | 73% · 8/11 | Developing |
| Factoring | ●●●●●○○○○○○○○ | 38% · 5/13 | Beginning · Action needed |
| Quadratic Equations | ●●●●○○○○○ | 44% · 4/9 | Beginning · prerequisite gap effect |
The decline is not driven by new material but by fundamentals (factoring). Sarah uses the special-product formulas in the forward direction (expanding) but not in reverse (factoring) — a pattern observed across her work. Most misses arise from reversing the special products learned earlier and from sign handling — the Quadratic Equations slump (44% · 4/9) reads as a downstream effect of the factoring gap (38% · 5/13). All 3 mid-session Socratic drop-offs happened in factoring.
Wrong formula choices cluster on the difference-of-squares vs. perfect-square decision.
8 sessions in 4 weeks · 9 min average · 19 hint requests in total · 3 mid-session drop-offs (all in factoring). She gets there when guided — turning that into independent solving is the task.