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The Second Edition of the ACT Prep Black Book is Here!

by Mike Barrett | Apr 18, 2018 | ACT, General

A few weeks ago, we released the second edition of the ACT Prep Black Book, which is now available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. I’m pleased to report that initial feedback has been quite positive, just as it was with the test audience. This...

Standardized Testing Changes: What They Look Like

by Mike Barrett | Apr 12, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors

If you’ve been looking around on this site for a while, you know that the whole point of standardized tests is that they’re not constantly changing in any ways that matter. That’s what makes them standardized, and that’s also what makes them...

Tests Don’t Change Every Year

by Mike Barrett | Apr 12, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors

(Slapping the current year on a Kaplan prep book is a trick to get you to buy another Kaplan prep book every 12 months) Every once in a while a student will ask me if my methods have been updated for “this year’s test.” They ask this for two reasons:...

What is the purpose of a standardized test?

by Mike Barrett | Mar 26, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors

(And why should anybody care?) If you’re planning to take a standardized test, you’ve probably devoted some thought to how you’ll prepare. But there’s one fundamental question that a lot of people never seem to ask about the whole testing...

Why Real Practice Questions Are Essential For Effective Test Prep

by Mike Barrett | Mar 23, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors

(. . . even though big test prep companies make serious money by telling you otherwise . . . ) If you go looking for test prep books at your local bookstore or on Amazon, you’ll see dozens and dozens of books that claim to offer practice tests you can hone your...

SAT Guessing (And Guessing On The ACT, and On Other Standardized Tests): Why You Shouldn’t Do It

by Mike Barrett | Feb 9, 2011 | ACT, General, LSAT, SAT

. . . perhaps the most thorough exploration of guessing strategy ever visited on the Internet If there’s one thing I get asked about more than anything else (apart from my credentials), it’s the issue of guessing on standardized tests. There are many, many...
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