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 to […]

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 million.
Heads […]

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 real work (study or tutoring).
We recently published the details for an ACT Score calculator. […]

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 the drawn-out scoring process for each ACT test. For experienced tutors, scoring student practice […]

  
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 […]

One of the interesting features of Twitter is the ability to “follow” anyone and then listen to their tweets. Effectively the person you are following becomes the “filter” for you for certain types of content and information.  You receive immediate updates on what’s going on.
While working with a number of teachers and tutors, we noticed […]

According to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all.
The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews in […]

For people who do not believe that private tutoring can help increase SAT scores, this article about South Korean tutoring industry is intense. A recent study by NACAC got coverage in WSJ that private tutoring does not help much in raising SAT scores. At least, that’s how the finding of the report is being projected. […]