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Eleventh-grade students and teachers are spending extraordinary amounts of class time preparing for ACT, but the intense focus on test strategies and item practice is hurting, not helping, performance ...

Help your child stay committed to a study schedule. Create a positive study environment. Encourage your child to take practice tests to determine areas for improvement. Preparing and taking the SAT or ...

Start incorporating more reading into your daily routine, even if it’s only an extra 20 minutes each day. While there’s only one “reading” section on the ACT, the rest of the test also requires ...

Another college admissions test is getting a revamp. Like the SAT — for which a new format was launched in March 2024 — the ACT is undergoing some adjustments, including a shortened format, optional ...