I have spent the week thus far at my new destination for next year. One thing I have found as I interview teachers and field questions and comments from parents and students is that all have concerns regarding ACT and SAT preparation and testing. The school tends to encourage the ACT (less math intensive, I believe), so I have chosen to blog today about internet test prep sites as not every student wants to take or can afford a Kaplan course!
One of the first sites I looked into was testprepreview. I found it to be very comprehensive, breaking the test down into its basic components and offering practice questions with evaluations for each. There was also basic ACT info including test dates by state and an online study guide. A unique feature was an email test prep course offered free of charge that contains strategies for English, Reading, Science, and Math problems.
Powerprep was another prep site for the ACT, but included no practice questions/tests. There was, however, an "ACT Laboratory" section that contained some pretty good prep and testing strategies.
Lastly, ACT hosts a site similar to testprepreview that includes some practice test questions, test descriptions, and tips for success. Of course, they also offer a more comprehensive guide for purchase.
Depending on a student's level of test-taking skill, confidence, and willingness to prepare, there seems to be some good samples and strategies available at no cost.
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Nice idea! These are a nice way to help students prepare for the high stress tests. Classes can be costly and also be one size fits all program. Students that have the ability to use a pretest to assess themselves can concentrate on their deficiencies in order to achieve higher scores.
I used the same sort of sites to prepare for the GRE...a good, cheap way to help yourself!
I hadn't thought of having students do that in a school setting. It would be an interesting thing to try.
PS- thanks for the tip on the geocities page. The web page building that I downloaded isn't exactly user friendly yet!
Great idea for finding sites for kids who can't afford Kaplan! I had to find alternative ways to study for the GRE, so I understand their frustration.
I've been asked to teach an ACT, SAT prep course for summer school this year. I'm not really sure how that's going to go, as I'm not receiving any sort of additional training on the tests. Hope you don't mind if I steal these sites to learn a little more before I get to those kids:)
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