ALEKS Precalc before Algebra?

[Hometeacher628]

I started my highschool Junior on ALEKS to brush up on Pre Calc concepts this year instead of going on to a full Calc course because her Honors Pre Calc gave her issues at times and was not as solid as I had hoped. Although she ended Pre calc with a B, the Calc class is dual enrollment and will go permanently on the GPA, so I thought she could use a little review. After signing up with ALEKS, I thought she would just go through the math order, get the credits and move on. Since she is enrolled at COSC for her AA, the Intermediate Algebra doesn't count, so I had her start with College Algebra while studying for College Mathematics CLEP, and the SAT math. I was just shocked when she scored a 20% on her initial assessment. I had her work in her pie for a few weeks, working on things she had never seen before. We made the decision to move down to Intermediate Algebra for review, and she scored a 72% on the initial assessment. OK, when she moves over to TESC for the English BA the credit will count.

So the question is: what would you do? What she really needs to work on is Pre Calc! She is set to take a dual enrollment Calc class next year and really has to be solid for that class by the end of this school year. Should I have her take the initial assessment for Pre Calc on ALEKS to see what the score is? If it is low, keep working in it? Or then do a reassessment test for College Algebra and perhaps she'll have a higher retake? If she does Pre Calc, she runs the risk of schools not accepting her Algebra credit out of order. She will eventually get into a BSN program, just trying to avoid the wait list with the BA. I'm open to all ideas!