• Sitemap
  • About Us
  • Feedback
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • 5 Tips to Improve Standardized Test Reporting: Free eBook
Socrato Learning Analytics Blog
  • SAT vs ACT
  • Plans and Pricing
  • Request Demo
  • Sign In
  • Free Trial
MENU Socrato Learning Analytics Blog

How a School Used Technology to Improve Grade level Math from 9% to 62%

By Socrato Admin On July 14, 2010 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology
If you’ve ever questioned the impact of technology on education or learning in a school environment, look no further. In the above video learn how Intermediate School 339 in the Bronx used grant money from the NYC Department of Education to purchase laptops and integrate Google apps into lesson plans. While teachers admit students get [...]
Read More »

The Future of Online Learning and Test Preparation

By Socrato Admin On July 2, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Test Preparation
Whether you are a student looking to brush up some skills for an upcoming exam such as the SAT or ACT or a tutor looking for an online complement to your instructional course you’ve hit the motherload! I’d like to introduce you to the Khan Academy, a free YouTube channel with more than a thousand [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

Release Update | Additional SAT tests now available

By Raju Gupta On May 3, 2010 · Add Comment · In Socrato, Socrato: Release Update
Over the weekend we made release updates to Socrato.com Some of the changes you might notice – In certain situation during Online Take Test (especially for ACT tests), the answer choices were not showing up properly, that issue has been resolved. While printing tests and bubblesheets from library, question content was not printed correctly. This [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

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 [...]
Read More »

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

By Raju Gupta On April 14, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Exam: ACT, General, Socrato: Announcements, Socrato: Release Update
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 [...]
Read More »

Release Update: Fixes for score recalculation of SAT, ACT and SAT/ACT comparison report

By Raju Gupta On February 17, 2010 · Add Comment · In General, Socrato: Release Update
Hello All, Not a huge release, number of minor fixes and enhancements in SAT/ACT custom diagnostic reports area. An issue related to the recalculation of the scores for SAT, ACT, and SAT/ACT comparison reports has been resolved. After uploading the session in bulk mode… if the user edits the session again online, the updated session [...]
Read More »

SAT / ACT – Are they the national standard for high school graduation?

By Raju Gupta On January 18, 2010 · Add Comment · In Education: General, General
Diane Ravitch an education historian makes an argument that tests like SAT and ACT are the common standards of education across all states. Read full article here
Read More »
 
  • GET IN TOUCH

    The Socrato Learning Analytics blog explores news on standardized tests, test preparation tutoring, and the role of e-learning and education technology on test prep and tutoring.

    You can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google Plus.

  • SUBSCRIBE

    JOIN OUR E-MAIL LIST

    Subscribe to our blog via email to get the latest news and updates on socrato.

  • Download our Complimentary ACT e-Book

    Strategies to Prepare ACT in an Effective Way

    Strategies to Prepare ACT in an Effective Way

    Download the free eBook

  • Download our Complimentary SAT e-Book

    Strategies to Prepare SAT in an Effective Way

    Strategies to Prepare SAT in an Effective Way Download the free eBook
  • Process Tests Online

    Improve Your Scores!

    the-official-sat-study-guidethe-real-act-prep-guide

    Use Socrato to get detailed insight into your strengths and weaknesses!

    Browse the library now

  • Categories

    • AP Exam (12)
    • Assessments (161)
    • College (35)
    • College Application (61)
    • Common Core (41)
    • Content (36)
    • Early Action (4)
    • Early Decision (3)
    • Education Techology (110)
    • Education: General (248)
    • Education: Industry (132)
    • Education: Technology (123)
    • Exam: ACT (247)
    • Exam: HSPT (10)
    • Exam: ISEE (4)
    • Exam: MCAS (28)
    • Exam: PSAT (67)
    • Exam: SAT (267)
    • Exam: sat adaptive (4)
    • Exam: SHSAT (13)
    • Exam:JEE (73)
    • Exam:PARCC (36)
    • General (103)
    • In The News (165)
    • Learning Analytics (62)
    • Pay for Performance (23)
    • Resource (101)
    • Socrato (81)
    • Socrato: Announcements (47)
    • Socrato: Release Update (13)
    • Socrato: System (52)
    • SSAT Test (26)
    • Subject: Writing (8)
    • Teaching (121)
    • Teaching & Tutoring (188)
    • Test Preparation (181)
    • Testing (190)
    • Tutoring (607)
 
  • ← Previous Entries
  • Next Entries →
 

Copyright © 2024 Socrato All rights reserved.

*The Independent School Entrance Examination® and ISEE® are registered trademarks of the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). SSAT® is a registered trademark of The Enrollment Management Association. ACT® is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc. SAT® and PSAT® are registered trademark of College Board. Test names and other trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders. None of the trademark holders are affiliated with, or in any way endorse, Socrato.com.