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ACT Reading Practice: Penguin Awareness Day Edition
TEST PREPJanuary 20th is Penguin Awareness Day (not to be confused, we assume, with World Penguin Day, which is in April). The day is intended to remind us that many penguin species face threats from pollution and climate change—and to flood the Internet…
ACT Study Guide – A Simple Step-by-Step Approach
TEST PREPAfter much deliberation (or perhaps none at all?), you’ve decided to take the ACT. Now what? We’ve put together a simple step-by-step ACT study guide to help maximize your score on test day.
Step One: Get to Know the Test
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5 Tips for ACT Reading: Dealing with BORING Passages
TEST PREPOn both the ACT and the SAT, reading passages can pose a challenge. It’s almost guaranteed that you’ll see at least one passage on any given test that you think is Just. Plain. Boring.
Boring passages are hard to read—you zone out,…
The Value of Test Prep Programs
TEST PREPOver the past several decades, tutoring and test prep programs have become commonplace. In some areas, the question for families is not whether their children will enroll in a test prep program but where they will enroll. But it’s hardly surprising,…