the solutions cds are for the students when they have problelms. if, when they are working the problem out on the computer, they make a mistake they can click on “answer” or whatever it is and it works it out for them. the hallmark of teaching textbooks is that every math problem featured in the program is worked out for the student so they can see and understand their mistake. the cds also contain the teaching, problems and answers for the lesson. we have never used our student book or teacher manual. that is why missing a cd is a big deal, that will mean you will be missing 30 lessons!
Version 2, the one I have, keeps the students records for you, but honestly there aren’t that many records to keep. My daughter just tells me how she did on her lesson adn moves on to the next. We live in a state that doesnt need documentation so it is not that big of a deal either way. At the end of the course I plan to print out the test scores and keep those so I have some sort of record that she completed the program.