What it is Acing the ACT is a short book written by Elizabeth King. It’s focused on how to deal with the tricky questions and traps on the ACT. It doesn’t focus on all the skills that you need – assuming that students have the basics covered. The subtitle is really accurate: a guide to […]
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How to immediately increase your ACT Math score
Small tweaks create big results I worked with a student today, C., who immediately increased his ACT Math score from a 24 to a 27 from one week to the next – that’s jumping from the 73% to the 88%. He accomplished this by using two simple tweaks that I suggested: slowing down and guessing […]
The best ACT books to help you raise your score
I talk to a lot of parents that want to help their kids study for the ACT, but aren’t sure what to use. Here are my favorite resources that EVERYONE should use (whether you are studying on your own, taking a class, or working with a tutor.) Use the real thing The Official ACT Prep Guide […]
Details matter!
Work on PRINTED copies of the SAT and ACT tests.
Eliminate wrong answers
How you can use educated guessing to increase your SAT or ACT score
Top 8 ACT tips
After working with hundreds of students, here are my best ACT tips to increase your score. Practice, don’t “study” Sometimes students hope they just by thinking about or worrying about the test will actually increase the score. It won’t. The best way to increase your score is to practice, not study. (Especially deliberate practice.) Take […]