Stop Thinking You’re Not a Good Test Taker! A student who thinks they’re “just not a good test taker” will always underperform on standardized tests. ALWAYS. It’s an awful mindset to have, and not for mystical, intangible reasons: people perform worse on tasks on which they think they’ll fail. Here’s how it works on standardized …
Make a Schedule: Test Prep 101 As I say in Honestly and Rarely: How to Talk about Standardized Tests with Your Child, the more you talk about standardized tests with your child, the less they’ll want to study. Unfortunately, you have to check that they’re doing their work. The best way to do so is …
UC System Drops the ACT and SAT Recently, the University of California School System announced it will end the use of ACT and SAT scores for admissions. You can read about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/university-california-sat-act.html The logic behind the move is that these tests favor affluent students who can afford to hire tutors and to take …
The ISEE vs. the SSAT Many private schools accept both the ISEE and the SSAT, so which one should your child take? As with the SAT vs. the ACT, it depends on a student’s strengths. Before I go farther, however, know that the governing bodies of both exams haven’t released many actual tests (I’ve seen …
Handling Test Anxiety Part I – How to Think about Anxiety Most students have at least a little anxiety around standardized tests. Many of them feel like their anxiety is a problem and they need to get rid of it. But the truth is there’s nothing wrong with feeling anxious. I’ve tutored for standardized tests …
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