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8 Eerily Educational Halloween Costumes

By Shannon Sweetser On October 29, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education: General, Education: Industry, General, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Cloroplasts,? Accelerators? and Planetary Systems, oh my! It”s that time of year again. Time to get out our camera”s and get ready to snap photos of our most favorite costumes. At Socrato, though, we do things a little differently. We”ve put together a collect of educational themed costumes that would make any science or math educator proud! [...]
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Is Digital Darwinism Making Your Tutoring Business Obsolete?

By Shannon Sweetser On October 29, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, Teaching & Tutoring
This week, after 30 years of production, Sony finally retired their cassette Walkman. The loss of the Walkman to the GoodWill in the sky caused me to think of all the things that have become obsolete in my lifetime thanks to the Digital Age. Today, I rarely buy printed books. I read newspapers entirely online. [...]
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9 Technology Factors to Improve Education Success in Schools

By Shannon Sweetser On October 28, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: Technology, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
In this week’s 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week, we pointed out some interesting articles and studies which zeroed in on engaging students with technology. One particular article which caught our eye was about the Project RED (Revolutionizing Education) research team”s recent findings on education; it really energized us about the benefits technology can [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: If You Give a Student a Cell Phone…

By Shannon Sweetser On October 25, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
This week in “What You Missed in Education,” we remember the famous children’s book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Do you know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie? The classic children’s book claims, “If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s gonna want a glass of milk.” However, what about [...]
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VocabVideos: How a Tutoring Company Is Using Online Video to Engage Students Online

By Socrato Admin On August 30, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation
If you haven’t embraced video yet for your tutoring business or in your school here’s an example of a good use of video for engaging students online. VocabVideos is a new service but tutoring and test prep company, A-List Education Services. VocabVideos is a collection of 500 high frequency SAT vocabulary words that can be [...]
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Free eBook: 5 Tips to Improve Standardized Test Reporting

By Socrato Admin On June 24, 2010 · Add Comment · In Teaching & Tutoring, Testing
Most test reports are only skin deep and cannot measure all the reasons behind a student’s performance. The over simplification of performance reporting by providing simple letter or number scores is no longer enough. Students and their tutors require actionable information based on quantitative data to help them improve their scores on standardize tests such [...]
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Want to know where to focus for SAT and ACT test prep? Grade test, score results, and get personalized reports at theTestGrader.com

By Raju Gupta On June 9, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Exam: ACT, Teaching & Tutoring
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 [...]
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High Scores for Brooklyn School Students Despite Poverty

By Socrato Admin On April 30, 2010 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Earlier this week the New York Times ran an eye-opening article about students from the Beacon School of Excellence in Brooklyn. Despite their poverty these young fourth graders scored higher on their standardized tests than students in neighboring schools with more resources and affluent backgrounds. This is not a story about underdogs and rich versus [...]
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Preview – Section Scoring and Performance Reports for ACT and SAT tests

By Raju Gupta On April 14, 2010 · Add Comment · In Exam: ACT, General, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring
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 [...]
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Announcing – ACT Test Diagnostic Assessment for Tutoring Centers – Better Results in Less Time

By Raju Gupta On January 6, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Exam: ACT, In The News, Socrato: Announcements, Teaching & Tutoring
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 [...]
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