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ACT/SAT Test Prep Every standardized test is a

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Important News About You Will Prepare for


Standardized Tests... Your Tests Through a Consider Some Facts
Review of… About Reading...
• The primary issue with standardized
• 30% of 1st year students in college are
tests (ACT, SAT, etc.) is not a lack of • Reading: Four types of reading are
required to take remedial courses.
knowledge of the basic subject matter. covered in this segment—social studies,
It’s that all standardized tests are natural science, prose fiction, and • 40-45% of recent high school
basically Reading Tests as much as they humanities. graduates reported significant gaps in
their skills, both in college and the
are content tests. • English: The six elements of effective
workplace.
writing are covered in this segment—
• The major problem is not the challenge of punctuation, grammar, sentence struc- • We’re all in “information overload”.
content knowledge, but the lack of time ture, strategy, organization, and style. (Source: American Diploma Project, 2005)
for the test-taker to efficiently read the • Mathematics: Five content areas are Answer Two Questions...
material and answer the questions. included in this section—pre-algebra,
• Would you like to read better and
elementary algebra, intermediate algebra,
• Ask yourself, would you have a better faster with improved comprehen-
plane geometry, and trigonometry. This
chance at getting a higher score if you sion, retention and recall?
review allows you to use reasoning skills
could read better and faster? Of course! - Of course you would!
to solve practical problems.
Your newly learned reading skills will • Would you like to learn (and daily
• Science Reasoning: The review
help you get a higher score. Why? You’ll use) more efficient Study Skills?
concentrates on the interpretation,
have more time to read the materials and analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and - Of course you would!
more time to find the answers to the problem-solving skills required in the Apply the Facts of Life For
questions. natural sciences.
Today’s World...
• In our information-based society all
individuals are ultimately judged on
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