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New Tips for SAT/ACT Test Prep and Test Day

By Abhi On October 8, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
3 True Answers About Common ACT, SAT Strategies Get the facts about some popular test-taking strategies . . .         7 Last-Minute SAT Tricks Keep calm and Scantron on. If you need a quick confidence pick-me-up, put a couple of these simple tricks in your back pocket . . .     [...]
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Earning Perfect SAT and ACT Scores

By Abhi On October 6, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Test Preparation, Testing
Earning any score near perfect on the SAT or ACT is usually considered excellent. And although every test taker would ideally like to achieve the highest score possible, receiving a perfect score is often considered out of reach. Perfect SAT and ACT scores, which are 2,400 and 36 respectively, are possible and do occasionally occur. [...]
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News on the Redesigned Fall PSAT/Spring SAT

By Abhi On September 24, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, In The News, Resource, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
Why Students Should Prep for the New PSAT For many years, taking the PSAT has helped college-bound high school students become familiar with the SAT, which typically is offered in the US and around the world several times a year. The PSAT was viewed as a practice test (especially if taken in the fall of [...]
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College Board Proposes Strategic Initiatives to Improve SAT Scores

By Abhi On September 21, 2015 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
College Board recently discussed Three Areas of Strategic Challenge for their testing program – strategic initiatives policymakers and College Board can use to help improve student test taker participation and performance. The topic is one part of the larger body of information on the 2015 College Board Program Results that is featured on their website. [...]
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News on 2015 SAT and ACT Test Results

By Abhi On September 16, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing
Results Reveal Largest and Most Diverse Group of Students Take PSAT, SAT, and AP; Need to Improve Readiness Remains Despite growing concerns about testing, assessments linked to opportunity are reaching more students than ever . . .     Why you shouldn’t care that SAT scores are stagnating SAT scores for 2014 hit their lowest [...]
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2014 – 2015 SAT Results Summary

By Abhi On September 14, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, In The News, Resource, Socrato: Release Update, Test Preparation, Testing
The College Board website now features a report on the 2014-2015 results for the SAT, 10th and 11th grade PSAT, and AP Exam. The report includes test result trends, implications, and future innovations to help more students participate and improve their scores. One major result is that SAT scores have not improved significantly from last [...]
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ACT Study Resources

By Abhi On August 19, 2015 · 1 Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Technology, Exam: ACT, Learning Analytics, Resource, Test Preparation, Testing
ACT Question of the Day Each day we post a new ACT Test practice question . . .       Preparing for the ACT A free student preparation booklet available from most high schools and colleges—includes test information, complete practice tests with scoring keys, and a writing prompt . . .       [...]
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The Most Recent ACT Study Materials

By Abhi On August 16, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
Test Changes Unlike the SAT, which is undergoing a large-scale redesign that splits it into a current pre-2016 and new post-2016 form, changes to the ACT tend to occur on a smaller scale and in a more continuous manner. There have been a few changes made to the ACT in the past few  years, although [...]
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5 Tips to Pace Yourself on Standardized Tests

By Abhi On August 11, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, General, Resource, Socrato, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
The ability to successfully pace yourself, knowing how much time you have left and how much time to spend on a given question, is a key success factor for standardized test-takers. Here are 5 tips to keep in mind: 1. Modify your pacing on different sections of the test Each section or component of a [...]
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How to Guess Effectively on the SAT

By Abhi On August 3, 2015 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Exam: SAT, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing
One expectation students have when taking standardized tests is that they will run into at least some questions that are unfamiliar or difficult. It could be a multiple choice reading or comprehension question where any of the answers seem as likely as the others, or a math problem where the student’s solution doesn’t correspond to [...]
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