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Release Update: Fixes for score recalculation of SAT, ACT and SAT/ACT comparison report
0 Comments Published by Raju February 17th, 2010 in Release Update, General Email This PostHello All,
Not a huge release, number of minor fixes and enhancements in SAT/ACT custom diagnostic reports area.
An issue related to the recalculation of the scores for SAT, ACT, and SAT/ACT comparison reports has been resolved. After uploading the session in bulk mode… if the user edits the session again online, the updated session was […]
SAT / ACT - Are they the national standard for high school graduation?
0 Comments Published by Raju January 18th, 2010 in Education, General Email This PostDiane Ravitch an education historian makes an argument that tests like SAT and ACT are the common standards of education across all states. Read full article here
Announcing - ACT Test Diagnostic Assessment for Tutoring Centers - Better Results in Less Time
1 Comment Published by Raju January 6th, 2010 in Tutoring, ACT, Assessment, In The News, Homepage, Announcements Email This PostWe are pleased to announce the immediate availability of ACT Test Diagnostic Assessments and Reports for tutoring centers.
Students and tutors who use traditional books, paper / pencil to practice and prepare for the ACT exam can now get the best of two worlds. Work with traditional printed books like Real ACT Test Prep Guide to […]
How profitable is CollegeBoard / SAT Company?
0 Comments Published by Raju January 4th, 2010 in ACT, Tutoring, Education, General Email This PostAn interesting article in Fortune Magazine which gives insight into financials of CollegeBoard (a “non-profit” which owns the SAT and other exams) and American College Testing (which owns the ACT test). According to the article:
The most recent fiscal year revenue for CollegeBoard is $631 million. Net “excess” (profit) for the same year is $57 million.
Heads […]
Boston Innovation - Article
0 Comments Published by Raju December 30th, 2009 in Education, In The News, Homepage, General Email This Post
“Socrato: The Future of Test Prep?” by Matt Fellows
“Socrato has the potential to strip standardized tests of their mysterious, intimidating power, and turn them into more helpful learning tools…”
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ACT test score and composite score calculator simplifies ACT test preparation for tutors and students.
1 Comment Published by Raju December 22nd, 2009 in ACT, Tutoring, Assessment, General Email This PostTutors who teach ACT exam prep and Students who are preparing for the ACT exam, feel the pain of ACT test grading, scoring, and scaling. The process requires reasonable manual effort which is prone to error, and is time away from real work (study or tutoring).
We recently published the details for an ACT Score calculator. […]
New Feature — Tutors and teachers can directly initiate a test session for a student
0 Comments Published by Raju December 21st, 2009 in Assessment, System, General Email This PostIn addition to the many other methods of conducting test sessions or importing student responses, Socrato now allows tutors and teachers to directly initiate a test session as one of their students. The responses can be entered question by question, or in “bubble sheet” mode. For large classes, tutors can still import from excel files, […]
See you at Mass Innovation Event
0 Comments Published by Raju December 9th, 2009 in Announcements, General Email This Post On Wednesday, December 9th, at 6:30 Mass Innovation is organizing an event for MA innovators. A number of companies will present there. Thanks to everyone who voted for Socrato, we are one of the presenter.
If you are at the event, look forward to see you later today.
Here are the directions: http://massinnovationnights.com/event-rsvp/google-map
Free ACT Test Score Calculator
1 Comment Published by Raju November 5th, 2009 in Resources, ACT, Tutoring, Homepage, Announcements Email This PostBecause we frequently receive inquires for ACT Diagnostic Analysis and Reporting, we’ve decided to make the ACT the next test we support as part of our “Companion Series” diagnostic reporting suite. We know that tutors and students have to deal with the drawn-out scoring process for each ACT test. For experienced tutors, scoring student practice […]
The SAT Official Study Guide (Second edition) - Is it really worth it?
0 Comments Published by Raju September 30th, 2009 in Tutoring Email This Post
Recently collegeboard released the new version of Official SAT Study Guide (2nd Edition – Jul 21st 2009) which has 10 practice tests. This new guide replaces the older revision – The Official SAT Study Guide by The College Board (Paperback - Oct 7, 2004) which has 8 practice tests.
On close examination of the content […]
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