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Real Tutors Speak: 5 Tutoring Tips to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On March 4, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education: General, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
So, I’ve decided to change the pace on the Socrato blog a bit. On Fridays I normally run a column called “” where I hand pick articles on education throughout the blogosphere. However, I’m beginning to wonder if they are as helpful as I’d like them to be for our readers. So, I’ve decided to [...]
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Why the Independent Educational Consultant is the Hottest Job in Education Today

By Shannon Sweetser On February 23, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
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Independent Educational Consultant: if it feels like you”re hearing about this position more and more in the news, blogs and out-and-about at education industry conventions, you”re right, you have. Don”t be surprised either if you continue to hear even more about it. Last year was a big year for the profession, as that it saw [...]
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Tutors Taking Over: 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 18, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
The tutoring industry continues to be a very necessary supplement to the educational world. Let’s take a look at how tutors are shaping the educational world and reaching out online to make tutoring more convenient than ever before. 1.   SATs, Tutors, & You by Eve Kelly, San Diego Reader In this week’s San Diego Reader, [...]
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Should You Combine Your Student’s ACT or SAT Test Results into a Superscore?

By Raju Gupta On February 15, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Assessments, Common Core, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
In horse racing, breeders struggle to match and breed horses with the best possibility of successful offspring. By looking at a mare and stallion’s family history, a breeder can determine the likelihood of that pair creating a “Superhorse” capable of wining major horse races. It’s not easy work predicting the future; breeders often breed several [...]
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Here’s a Tutoring Company with a Formula For Helping Students Choose the ACT or SAT

By Shannon Sweetser On February 10, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Assessments, Common Core, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Resource, Test Preparation, Testing
While there are some tutoring companies who have a very basic formula for bumping up a student’s SAT score, there are some tutoring companies who go above and beyond. In the case of PrepMatters, a tutoring company which specializes in helping students achieve excellence through standardized testing preparation, test preparation starts with the student. Though [...]
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The College Admissions Gauntlet — 5 Education Articles to End Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On February 4, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
Standardized testing is a gauntlet that is the capstone of one learning experience and the gateway to a whole other world of possibilities; it’s no wonder that there is a whole industry devoted to building test scores and grooming students into improved test-takers. This week in 5 Education Articles to End Your Week, we take [...]
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The Power of a Single Test on a Child’s Future [VIDEO]

By Shannon Sweetser On February 1, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Common Core, Education: General, In The News, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
In 2012, a proposed change to high school graduation requirements in Rhode Island could mean serious alterations to the future of its students. If the proposed change passes, students who do not qualify as “partially proficient” on the NECAP would not qualify for graduation. Despite how they performed in school or how many tutoring lessons [...]
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'The Daily Beast' Ranks Kid Smarts by State — is Massachusetts Wicked Smart or Just Privileged?

By Shannon Sweetser On January 25, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, In The News, Socrato: System, Test Preparation, Testing
News resource and opinion website, The Daily Beast, recently took a look at the test scores for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and came to some conclusions about which US state is producing the smartest kids. By measuring the percentage of students who scored highly on the fourth and eight grade reading [...]
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New Learning Study: If You Test Them, They Will Remember

By Shannon Sweetser On January 21, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing
A new study published online in the journal Science reveals the value of encouraging students to take practice tests instead of simply studying the material. When students took practice tests they retained 50% more of the information a week later than students who took alternate routes to studying the material. We’ve already discussed why it’s [...]
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Harvard and Georgetown Drop an SAT Test from their 3-Test Requirement

By Shannon Sweetser On January 12, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
According to the New York Times, prestigious universities Georgetown, Harvard, and Princeton all have something in common. In the past year they’ve all dropped a test from their three-test admissions requirement. That means that, according to the National Association for College Admission Counsel, no American college currently requires more than 2 standardized tests to gain [...]
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