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A Parent's Guide to ACT Test Day

Hi guys, as you know, your kids have been working hard the past few weeks to get ready for their ACT exam in June and July. The ACT can make for both a stressful and long Saturday for students. Studies consistently show that managing stress is the one of the key factor in students achieving their goal score on test day. We’ve shared our tips with our students for how to manage stress on test day; however, we also have several suggestions for how parents can help support stude

A Parent's Guide to ACT Test Day

Hi guys, as you know, your kids have been working hard the past few weeks to get ready for their ACT exam on February 10th. The ACT can make for both a stressful and long Saturday for students. Studies consistently show that managing stress is the one of the key factor in students achieving their goal score on test day. We’ve shared our tips with our students for how to manage stress on test day; however, we also have several suggestions for how parents can help support stude

Mastering the ACT: Grammar, Grammar, Grammar

The English section of the ACT is by far the easiest section for most students to improve with focused tutoring. The English test is broken up into five passages, each of which has 14 to 16 questions for a total of 75 questions. The allotted time to complete the English test is 45 minutes, which amounts to nine minutes per passage. The test is broken up into two general types of questions: content questions and grammar questions. We'll tackle content questions in a later post