The 3 Most Frequently Used Books for SAT Prep and ACT Test Prep

On August 31, 2010, in ACT, SAT, by Raju Gupta
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A good way to prepare for the SAT and ACT exam is to practice “real past tests”. Typically, you can get the “real past tests” from official books published by the CollegeBoard and the ACT Org. Over the past few years we’ve worked with hundreds of tutors and thousands of students and here are the [...]

 

Want to know where to focus for SAT and ACT test prep? Grade test, score results, and get personalized reports at theTestGrader.com

On June 9, 2010, in ACT, Homepage, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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How have you (or your student) really done on SAT or ACT test prep? Do you know exactly what to focus on before next mock practice test? We are please to invite you to try theTestGrader, where you can grade, score and get detailed personalized reports for ACT / SAT full tests or individual section [...]

 

Preview – Section Scoring and Performance Reports for ACT and SAT tests

On April 14, 2010, in ACT, General, Homepage, Socrato, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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Students preparing for ACT or SAT tests and tutors who are helping students know how cumbersome it is to do scoring, scaling, and performance analysis on these tests (171 questions for SAT and 225 questions for ACT). Especially ACT is more painful as there are multiple level of scaling involved. See previous write up on [...]

 

Release update | Section Scoring and Performance Reports for ACT and SAT

On April 14, 2010, in ACT, Announcements, General, Release Update, by Raju Gupta
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This past weekend our team upgraded Socrato.com. Key changes included in this release: Ability to configure custom branding for Scoring and Performance Reports Customers can now upload their logo, choose a color scheme, and create their own custom branded reports. This feature will be accessible to customers by request only. “Section Reports” (Mini Reports) for [...]

 

Announcing – ACT Test Diagnostic Assessment for Tutoring Centers – Better Results in Less Time

On January 6, 2010, in ACT, Announcements, Assessment, Homepage, In The News, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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We 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 [...]

 

How profitable is CollegeBoard / SAT Company?

On January 4, 2010, in ACT, Education, General, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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An 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 [...]

 

ACT test score and composite score calculator simplifies ACT test preparation for tutors and students.

On December 22, 2009, in ACT, Assessment, General, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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UPDATE: There is an online version of this tool available for free at Bubblesheetgrader.com Tutors 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 [...]

 

Free ACT Test Score Calculator

On November 5, 2009, in ACT, Announcements, Homepage, Resources, Tutoring, by Raju Gupta
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UPDATE: There is an online version of this tool available for free at bubblesheetgrader.com Because 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 [...]