Switching from Abeka to BJU Press: where to start

Abeka has no placement test, so start from BJU's skills check

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Abeka does not publish a placement test. It publishes scope and sequence lists that show the concepts and skills taught at each level [S3]. Those lists are handy for one thing: seeing what your student has already covered.

BJU Press has math skills assessments built around the skills its own math products teach [S4]. BJU says they "are not exact measures of a student's ability or potential" and are tools to help guide instruction, best used alongside parent or teacher observation [S4].

Neither publisher lines its levels up with the other's [S0]. Compare Abeka's list to what the BJU assessment shows, and let the assessment have the final word.

Steps

Pull Abeka's scope and sequence for the level your student finished [S3].
Take BJU Press's math skills assessment [S4].
Where the two disagree, go with the assessment and your own read of your student.

Price check

One example kit per program.

Abeka Grade 3 Arithmetic Parent Kit: $185.25 (list $195.00), and the Child Kit is $42.45 (list $44.65), from Abeka's own 2026 order worksheet [S11] (opens in a new tab). Abeka's scope and sequence runs from preschool to 12th grade [S3] (opens in a new tab).
BJU Press Math 3 Subject Textbook Kit, 5th edition: $194.75 from BJU Press, the publisher [S12] (opens in a new tab). This kit is for grade 3 [S12] (opens in a new tab).

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Sources

[S0] SWITCH-AND-PLACEMENT-GUIDE.md slots 5 and 6: "No publisher found publishes a direct crosswalk to another publisher." Confirmed Oct 23, 2026, and still true on recheck Oct 31, 2026 (research/seo/SWITCH-GUIDES-FACTCHECK-2026-10-31.md).
[S3] https://www.abeka.com/HomeSchool/ScopeAndSequence.aspx , checked Oct 31, 2026.
[S4] https://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/resources/assessments , checked Oct 31, 2026.
[S11] https://static.abeka.com/ABeka/InteractivePDF/HomeSchoolCatalog/2026/OrderWorksheet/Grade3.pdf (publisher), checked Oct 31, 2026.
[S12] https://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/category/math/5637160512.c (publisher), checked Oct 31, 2026.

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