Getting ready to teach an ACT prep class for summer school. Any ideas for websites/strategies. I'm going to use the ACT website videos and ordered their book with practice tests. Didn't know if that was enough.

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For the math part, have every kid take two full length untimed practice tests, and annotate any guessing. I usually have them rate their confidence in their answers too.
Have them spend time analyzing the data for areas of weakness. I make data sheets and give the topics titles.
Then I have them take a timed PT, and analyze that data too (big differences between timed and untimed scores require pacing strategies).
Then offer tutorial sessions of topics identified as big problem areas.

The key to improved ACT and SAT performance (on math) is many many many practice questions.

I've seen kids add an average of 110 points on SAT with this strategy, with a few 800's on math and a personal best two month plan turn a 440 into a 750 last year.

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Thank you, we've started the process to know what kind of problems/concepts each student needs to focus on. It was nice to point to your post and practice is the key.

CrackACT.org there are practice tests for all subjects and a few full length practice tests all for free. My advice on Reading is to help them find their strongest passage out of the 4. If they start with their best and save their worst for last, they have a better chance at getting more answers correct. If it’s on paper, the kids can jump around as long as they stay within that section only. I taught an ACT English/Reading mini-prep class.

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Every time I go to that website I can't get to actual questions through the ads and asking to download things. I appreciate the strategy of finding the their strongest passage- that is new to me.

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