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Put to the Test: Preparing for the SAT/ACT
You come across an unfamiliar word in your history book and actually look it up. You find yourself talking in ...
Source: National Association for College Admission Counseling
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I received my PSAT scores. Now what?
Every December, families receive their high school juniors’ PSAT (Preliminary SAT) scores. Suddenly, college ...
Source: Academic Approach
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Kitchen-Table College Test Prep Questions
Another sign of the tough economic times—parents are spending on test prep help for their college-bound children ...
Source: Academic Approach
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50 Words the SAT Loves
Auspicious. Aesthetic. Eclectic. These words may sound vaguely familiar to the teen in your house. But does he know ...
Source: Education.com
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Criterion and Standards-Referenced Tests
Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are intended to measure how well a person has learned a specific body of knowledge ...
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The SAT: Questions and Answers
What Is the SAT?The SAT Reasoning Test is this nation's oldest, most widely used -- and misused -- college entrance ...
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Multiple-Choice Tests
A multiple-choice test usually has dozens of questions or "items." For each question, the test- taker is supposed to ...
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Is the SAT in Trouble?
The SAT has long been a standard rite of passage for high school students across the country, but recently, it’s been ...
Source: Education.com
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Beating the New SAT: A Look at the Format
There is simply no getting around it: the SAT is a critical component of your college application. Get a bad score on ...
Source: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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SAT and ACT Myth Busting
Myth 1 - Standardized tests have nothing to do with real education.If you subscribe to this myth, you risk losing a ...
Source: Academic Approach
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Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities - Indicators from SAT & ACT Results
Many colleges and universities in the United States require students to submit standardized assessment scores from ...
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Standardized Admissions Tests: SAT, ACT, & SAT Subject Tests
As a part of the application process, most American colleges and universities require scores from one of the U.S. ...
Source: U.S. State Department
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Myths and Realities about Testing
IntroductionOn Jan. 8, 2002, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This new law embodies ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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SAT Math: What It Is and How to Prepare
The SAT Math section contains sections on Computations, Algebra, Probability/Statistics, Functions, and Geometry. Here...
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Want Your Kid to Ace the SAT? Advice from Someone Who's Taken it 25 Times!
Ed Carroll knows what it's like to take the SAT. In fact, he may know better than any other person on the planet: over...
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Latin Roots: 20 Quick Tricks for Your SAT Tool Belt
Parents spend big bucks on prep courses, study books, tutors and the like trying the give their kids an edge when it...
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Perfect SAT? Make More Out of Your High Score
Teens with stellar SAT results haven't just given themselves a leg up to a great school, they've also scored themselves...
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Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests
Human beings make tests. They decide what topics to include on the test, what kinds of questions to ask, and what the...
