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i cant even begin on why i hate edmentum. i am a middle schooler going to be in highschool later this year and thank god i am potentially going to not have to use this horrible excuse for a cirriculum ever again it is used for homeschooling/independent study in my district and i genuinely cannot do it anymore without having a emotional break down and strong feelings of self hatred due to it triggering my low self esteem it has boring, unengaging, and not nuerodivergent friendly "lessons" that have horrible explanations to the point where i learn nothing and rarely ever use what i "learned" via edmentum itself for things like tests, and the activities are ridiculously long and always too big of a ask to "teach" something that could be summarized in 1 sentence the "mastery tests" are 5 questions long and as someone who cheats due to how rigged the questions are, sometimes all available answers arent the correct one and i just have to guess and hope i dont get 2 or more questions wrong so i dont fail the guided notes are also miserable and some if not most lessons have at least one word i need to put in the guided notes missing from the text, ive had to do guided notes for a whole lesson that has missing answers to the guided notes on every single slide, also its 30-50 slides most of the time and if its 30 or under theres 2+ long activities, so i will never get my work done in time its also very patronizing and the way some topics are explained especially in history is in my opinon questionable, and some subjects have a completely different topic in their lessons, for example english having things about how to succeed in life i also hated the elementary verison in 3rd-5th grade but this review is quite long, im sorry for the long rant but PLEASE never put edmentum in your schools if youre in charge of that stuff, its horrible for the students and even parents

When I try to log on, it wouldn’t let me use clever or Google. Those two were the only one that I knew to login. It was supposed to manually login because I was logged into clever before I went into Edmentum . It didn’t let me login they are planning on my downfall.

It yapps alot and sometimes people break their school chromebool

I have written a ragebait review giving 5 stars regarding Edmentum in the past, but if I were to be honest, I would give it a 0 if I could. It’s a horrendous learning site, and here are my reasons as to why I believe so. Now, the reviews on Trustpilot for Edmentum are mainly 1-star and 5-star reviews, with very few reviews in between. All 1-star reviews mainly focus on the downsides of using Edmentum, but when it comes to the 5-star reviews, almost all of them seem to be ragebait, as they mention absurd things such as becoming rich because of Edmentum’s supposed “knowledge-inducing” capability, gaining “brain-cells,” and some other reviews regarding “cockroaches in my walls,” a red flag that the review is satire, so most 5-star reviews are people who dislike Edmentum while being satirical. Nearly all reviews for this supposed “learning site” show hate for Edmentum, whether they’re directly stating it or being satirical about it. I had first used Edmentum in Elementary and I still use it to this day. The lessons are, as fittingly described by another user, “glorified slideshows”. Every lesson is in a 20-40 slide format, and are completely text based. Students are tasked to read several blocks of text for the “tutorial,” which is not only less convenient than a video-based format with summarized information, but the lessons are also too vague and advanced. I recall being back in third grade when I first used it. I received a lesson about acute and obtuse angles. I did not understand a single word, but as soon as my teacher gave a brief explanation, I was a know-it-all. If a teacher performs better than a software designed to replace teachers, it really shows a lot about Edmentum. My district requiring us to complete 80 minutes of Exact Path per week doesn’t exactly “help,” either, as the lessons are very unengaging and take up precious class time. I only learned a single thing when using Edmentum, which was Volume. Otherwise, Edmentum is just a time waster which costs the district money with little to no educational value. I asked a few students and teachers about their opinion on Edmentum. All students and almost all teachers said they either dislike Edmentum or think it wastes time. Funnily enough, I once wrote about how I dislike Edmentum, and a teacher saw what I had written. They ended up telling me in person that they fully agree. My English teacher told me they’d prefer teaching over making us do Edmentum. A friend of mine told me that one of their teachers dislikes Edmentum. If Edmentum is universally hated, it should be bad, so I don’t get why it is still used. Edmentum is a horrendous site. Everyone who uses it hates it, and it barely teaches anything. Its lessons are unengaging, it costs money for the district, and it wastes class time. When it comes to Trustpilot reviews, most 5-star reviews are satire, and the vast majority of remaining reviews are 1-star reviews. Therefore, Edmentum should not be used for learning, and districts need to invest more money in other material which actually has educational value.

Honestly it’s just so bad. The tutorials give you explanations that barely explain anything. Then, when you fail a progress check, they give you the same information expecting you to understand it again. This creates a repititive experience and a loop of failing. They also give you the same lesson until you complete it. And then once in a blue moon they give you a new lesson. It’s just so bad.

This program sucks! It’s very repetitive, and the slide shows are so long. I genuinely loathe and dread the activities I’m required to do every other slide. Also, whenever I really need to get an assignment done, the website, luckily for me, doesn’t load! So if its purpose was to mentally drain students, congratulations. If not, PLEASE FIX IT.

NO JUST NO NO NO NO NO NO

DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM. "Tutorials" are 30 page slideshows that vomit information at you with little-to-no actual explanation. I have not enjoyed ANY elective or core subject course I've taken. They are completely bland, uncreative, and even sometimes biased. The quizzes often present information differently than the tutorials, and even sometimes have incorrect answers marked as correct (after I've checked multiple sources). They practically encourage students to cheat for a good grade instead of fostering a love for learning (which is also a general flaw with current education, but still). Not to mention, some activities lack instructions because of glitches and oftentimes the site will not save work entered even if it's been submitted. Ever since I started Edmentum, I have legitimately learned nothing and it has DONE nothing but burn me out and ruin my mental health. I cannot muster enough energy to normal human things because of this program. This is a business, and they do not care about their students or the quality of their education. Even my teachers hate it. I'm a freshman and have been using Edmentum for about a year. Let me tell you, it is one if not the worst online learning platforms I have ever experienced being homeschooled my entire life.