FAQ’s

General

No. YouScore provides a FREE math practice platform. There are no catches. In the future, we will offer fee based membership upgrades for advanced learning and tutoring options.

YouScore is FREE and provides a unique opportunity for all members to earn reward points that can be used towards real rewards (e-giftcards). With over 15 years in developing academic programs for schools and individual students, we understand that our reward points system adds an element of fun and encourages students to practice math consistently. In addition to our unique reward points system, we also combine social features by providing teachers with a social environment for sharing math content and learning from one another. As we expand, additional social features will be added to enhance the experience for our members.

Please fill out the registration form and your account will be created. A confirmation email will be sent to you after your submit your registration information. If you are a parent or teacher, your next step after registration will be to enroll your children or classes/students. To learn more about how to use YouScore, please view the Quick Tour guide which is accessible in the Dashboard area of your account.

No. All software is embedded into our program so that using YouScore is an easy and seamless experience.

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We have automated the process for retrieving your login details. Please click “Login” and then select “Forgot Password.” No matter if you have forgotten your Login ID and Password or just your password, our automated system will request your email address and allow you to reset your Login ID or Password.

YouScore does not request the email addresses of students that are added by parents, homeschools, and teachers. You must log into your parent or teacher account in order to provide the login details to your children or students.

If you have a parent or teacher account, you can find the login details for your children or students right from your account.

Parents: Select “Enrollment” from the top navigation menu in your account. Then select “View Student Accounts.” You will see the student’s Login ID and Password (hidden). Click the small “eye” icon to the right of the password to view the password for your child.

Teachers: Select “Enrollment” from the top navigation menu in your account. Then select “Manage Classes.” Select a class from the dropdown list and you will see the Login ID and Passwords (hidden) for all of your students in the selected class. Click the small “eye” icon to the right of the password to view the password for your child.

Once you are logged into your account, click “Settings” and then select “Support.” Please select the nature of your issue/feedback from the dropdown list and then provide additional information. Click “Submit” and a member of our support staff will assist you via email.

YouScore will not share or sell your information to any 3rd parties. The information that you provide is used for account registration, tracking math scores and progress, and for generating progress reports. Only students above the age of 13 are allowed to create their own YouScore accounts. Students below the age of 13 must be added to YouScore by their parents or teachers. We will not request the email addresses of any students that are set-up by their parents and teachers. For more details on our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy.

You may cancel your account at anytime by going to “Settings” and then click “View Profile.” On the “View Profile” page, select “Delete My Account.” Upon confirmation of your account cancellation, all data for your account including your progress data and accrued reward points will be deleted from YouScore. This data is not retrievable after cancellation. If you are a parent or teacher with students added under your account, then you can easily delete student accounts by going to “View Student Accounts” as a parent or “Manage Classes” as a teacher to delete or edit student accounts.

Math Learning & Practice

Consistent math practice is key to mastering a math concept. YouScore provides a practice platform designed to help reinforce the math concepts that are being taught in class or at home. As a strong supplement to classroom learning, students of all skill levels can improve their problem solving and test taking skills through consistent practice on YouScore. In addition to targeted practice, YouScore will add iLearning Sessions in the near future with detailed math definitions and worked out examples to help preface practice iSessions.

YouScore is a division of HighPoints Learning, Inc. HighPoints Learning has over 15 years of experience in providing academic programs to schools, parents, and individual students. In addition, HighPoints Learning was approved as a vendor by 50 state governments to provide online math tutoring to “at risk” students under the No Child Left Behind Act with proven track record in improving student math scores.

Currently, the Common Core Curriculum Standard and the global CBSE standards of India are provided by YouScore. In the future, additional math standards will be added. Despite the curriculum choice that you select, please note that students have the flexibility to work on any math topic of their choice.

The curriculum standard will default to the Common Core Curriculum Standard unless you wish to choose one of the CBSE standards. In the future, additional global standards will be added to YouScore.

YouScore provides students with targeted math practice in the form of iSessions. Math topics are aligned to a student’s grade level and selected curriculum choice. Students have the ability to select math topics of their choice for iSessions.

Instant Math Practice allows students to select one math topic of their choice and to start an instant iSessions. Students will go to “Learning” from the top navigation menu and then select “Instant Math Practice” to select a math topic for practice.

Students have the ability to customize their iSessions by selecting up to 5 subtopics of their choice for a given session. Students will go to “Learning” from the top navigation menu and then select “Create Custom Session” to add custom subtopics for their iSession.

Students are provided with instant feedback as they answer math questions throughout their practice. As soon as student completes an iSession, they will view their results instantly in a “Scorecard.” In addition, students also have access to their weekly progress reports to keep track of their ongoing progress. In cases where a student account is added by a teacher, instant feedback for math answers is not provided for teacher issued assignment sessions and/or for the Benchmark Assessment.

If students need to exit the iSession before they finish all the problems, they may exit the session at anytime and then return to the same question where you left off on the session. You may return to a list of your sessions under your “My Sessions” area where you will be able to complete the iSession at a time of your convenience.

Yes. YouScore allows students the flexibility to repeat iSessions in the same math topic. The questions may vary slightly for each iSession under the same math topic.

YouScore only offers math at this time. In the future, we will expand our educational offering to other subjects such as science.

YouScore Rewards

YouScore offers a unique opportunity for all members to earn reward points towards tangible e-giftcard rewards to our selected vendors. We understand that math isn’t fun for everyone. Our reward points system is designed to help students stay on track with their math practice with an element of fun. Students accrue reward points by completing iSessions. Teacher, parents, and youth groups/non-profits earn reward points by adding student accounts and referring YouScore to friends. Teachers also have the ability to earn bonus reward points by sharing YouScore approved educational content with the YouScore teacher member community.

For every 5000 points earned, YouScore members will receive $5 worth of points that can be redeemed for an egiftcard to one of our vendor partners. You can choose to redeem your $5 or you may continue to accrue more points on YouScore so that you can redeem an egiftcard at a higher dollar value for a later time. Points are accrued and dollar value is earned in $5 increments.

You can easily view your accrued YouScore Reward Points on the top right area of your Dashboard.

Once you have earned at least 5000 reward points, you will click on the “My Rewards” under “Quick Links” in your Dashboard area to redeem your gift reward. You will receive your e-giftcard via email from our YouScore support staff. This process can take up to 3 business days, but most e-giftcards are emailed within 1-2 business days.

At this time, each member account will accrue reward points individually. For example, teachers will accrue their own reward points while students accrue reward points on their own student account for math practice. We understand that schools, teachers, and parents may wish to add accrued student reward points to their own master teacher or parents accounts for gift rewards towards school supplies, family supplies, etc. Or, teachers or parents may want to limit a student’s access to gift reward redemption. In the near future, YouScore will provide teachers and parents with the option of adding accrued student points into their reward points tally OR choose the default to allow students the ability to redeem their own gift rewards.

Please allow up to 3 business days to receive your selected e-giftcard reward. If it has been more than 3 business days, then please make sure to check your Junk or Spam folder to check for an email from our support staff. If you do not see the email in your Junk or Spam folder, then please contact our support team by going to “Settings” in your account and then selecting “Support.” Please fill out the support form and a member of our support team will assist you.

Parents, Homeschools, and Individual Students

If you are over the age of 13, then you may register by filling out the registration form. Once your have submitted your registration, then your account will be set-up automatically. We recommend that your review the Student Quick Tour which is accessible on the top right area of your Dashboard at all times to learn how YouScore works. If you 13 years of age and under, then you must be set-up by your parent, teacher, or youth group leader. You parent or teacher will register for a YouScore account and then they will be able to enroll you in YouScore and provide you with your login details.

We offer math topics from Grades 3-12.

You must first register for your parent account. The benefit of having your own account is that you will be able to monitor and track your child’s usage and progress as they practice math on YouScore. Once you have submitted your registration, your account will be set up instantly. After you log into your account, you will go to “Enrollment” and then select “Enroll Children.” You will be able to add your children. Once you submit the details for each child, the student accounts will be set up automatically and mapped to your parent account. In order to get your children started on YouScore, you will go to “View Student Accounts” to view and provide your children with their account login details.

We recommend that you view the Parent and Student Quick Tours (available on the top right area of your Dashboard) to get familiar with YouScore’s functionality and features.

Students and parents have the ability to edit their Login ID and password. Students added by parents also have the ability to change their login details. Parents and teachers may edit the login detail for their children or students at anytime. If a student changes their login details, then these changes will be reflected and viewable on the parent or teacher account.

No. A default learning plan of practice sessions is provided to individual students based on their grade level and selected curriculum standard. However, students have the ability to practice math topics of their choice and they can also create custom practice sessions with up to 5 subtopics in one session. Students are not confined to follow math topics in a defined sequence as they are with some other math practice programs.

We recommend that parents set-up their child’s account to a grade level that might be the best fit for their child. For example, a 5th grade child struggling with math might benefit from math practice at a 4th grade level. If a student is an accelerated math learner and requires more of a challenge, then we welcome parents to set-up their child at a higher grade level.

You will be able to view weekly progress reports by clicking “Scorecard” on your account and then selecting each child’s name to review his or her progress report. In addition, comprehensive reports for performance and reward points accrual by your children are available right on your Dashboard. In addition, weekly YouScore progress reports will be emailed to you to keep you up to date on your child’s progress.

Schools, Teacher, and Youth Groups/Non-Profits

We offer math topics from Grades 3-12.

You must first register for a teacher account. If you are a youth group leader for an after school program, you will want to create a teacher account. With your teacher account, you will be able to monitor and track student usage and progress as they practice math on YouScore. Once you have submitted your registration, your account will be set up instantly. After you log into your account, you will go to “Enrollment” and then select “Create Class” to set-up a class and enroll students to that class. You may set-up as many classes as you need on YouScore. Once you submit the details for your classes, the student accounts will be set up automatically and mapped to your teacher account. In order to get your students started on YouScore, you will go to “Manage Classes” under “Enrollment” to view and provide your students with their account login details. For your convenience, you may print or save a PDF or Excel class roster with student login details.

We recommend that you view the Teacher and Classroom Student Quick Tours (available on the top right area of your Dashboard) to get familiar with YouScore’s functionality and features.

Students and parents have the ability to edit their Login ID and password. Students added by parents also have the ability to change their login details. Parents and teachers may edit the login detail for their children or students at anytime. If a student changes their login details, then these changes will be reflected and viewable on the parent or teacher account.

Consistent math practice is key to mastering a math concept. YouScore provides a practice platform designed to help reinforce the math concepts that are being taught in class. As a strong supplement to classroom learning, students of all skill levels can improve their problem solving and test taking skills through consistent practice on YouScore. In addition to targeted practice, YouScore will add iLearning Sessions in the near future with detailed math definitions and worked out examples to help preface all practice iSessions.

YouScore is a division of HighPoints Learning, Inc. HighPoints Learning has over 15 years of experience in providing academic programs to schools, parents, and individual students. In addition, HighPoints Learning was approved as a vendor by 50 state governments to provide online math tutoring to “at risk” students under the No Child Left Behind Act with proven track record in improving student math scores.

Currently, the Common Core Curriculum Standard and the global CBSE standards of India are provided by YouScore. In the future, additional math standards will be added. Despite the curriculum choice that you select, please note that students have the flexibility to work on any math topic of their choice.

You have the flexibility to create custom assignments to students. For example, you may assign earlier math topics in Pre-Algebra to students struggling with Algebra I. For accelerated learners, you may assign more challenging math topics to keep them interested and engaged in their math practice. For all students, the consistent math practice options provided by YouScore help to reinforce classroom learning and prepare students for tests.

The curriculum standard will default to the Common Core Curriculum Standard unless you wish to choose one of the CBSE standards. In the future, additional global standards will be added to YouScore.

That is your choice. YouScore automatically provides a default learning plan of math topics based on a student’s grade level and curriculum standard. This is called a YouScore Learning Plan. You may decide to instruct students to follow a specific path on the YouScore learning plan, but students always have the flexibility to practice math topics of their choice and to create their own custom math sessions. Every classroom situation is unique, so we provide countless math practice options for students and teachers. In addition to the YouScore Learning Plan, we encourage teachers to create assignments as needed to customize the math practice experience for their students.

Students are notified of new assignments from teachers in several places on their student account. They will see the new assignments appear as notifications in their Dashboard upon logging into their account. In addition, students also have a “My Assignments” area. If assignments are sent to a student, then an alert will appear on this “My Assignments” menu item to inform students that they have new assignments. For example, a little number “3” will appear on the “My Assignments” menu item to show the student that they received 3 new assignments from a teacher. Students have the ability in their account to view the YouScore Learning plan math topics or they may select to review any assignments sent by their teacher. Please view the Classroom Student Quick Tour to learn more about your student’s YouScore experience.

You will be able to view weekly progress reports by clicking “Scorecard” on your account and then selecting a class to review progress reports. In addition, comprehensive reports for performance and reward points accrual are available on your Dashboard. In addition, class progress reports will be emailed to you on a weekly basis.

YouScore acts as a positive social environment for educators. In order to nurture and expand the knowledge base of the educational community, we reward teachers who wish to share an assignment, math puzzle, solved example, math tips, etc. with their fellow teachers. As a teacher, you will earn bonus reward points for sharing math content publicly with fellow teachers using YouScore. You may also choose to upload content privately in order to use YouScore as repository for yourself Once you submit a piece of math content, it will be reviewed by our YouScore team. Once your content is approved, it will be uploaded to YouScore’s math content repository and bonus points will be added to your account. In the near future, we will provide additional social features for our YouScore teacher community.