We used Saxon all the way to Algebra 1. Then we decided to use Teaching Textbooks Alg.2.,and Geometry. My daughter did much better with TT. I am now using Alg. 1 with my son. You may go to the website and check it out. They have sample lesson with the cd sample as well. All problems are worked out step for step on the solutions cd, which is very helpful. Hope this helps.