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- 9 Helpful Standardized Testing Tips
With the ACT/SAT, you may have to relearn how to take a test, since they’re quite different than a typical school exam. Use these 9 time-tested standardized testing tips to impress colleges with your outstanding scores.
- How to Take a Math Test or Quiz
Tests are different from homework because there’s a time limit, because you can’t take breaks or (usually) refer to your textbook, and because you have many types of problems to solve. Here are some strategies to help you do your best.
- Kaplan Test Prep $
- Popular provider of test prep materials at all levels from elementary to grad school and professional licensing exams. (Fee required.)
- Shmoop – Test Prep $
- Online test prep for SATs, ACTs, APs, driver’s license exams, literature, math, and U.S. history. While some material on this site is free to browsers, the test-prep section requires a subscription.
- Test-Taking Tips
Part of what we talk about is the power of effective and consistent preparation: thinking of test-prep as something that begins on day one and continues regularly throughout each week of the term. … As you move into the the act of test taking, keep in mind the following for before, during and after the test.
- ThoughtCo: Test-Taking Tips and Tricks
Whether it’s the SAT or your next science quiz, learn to manage your time, prioritize, and practice good habits on test day.
They also offer a page on 10 Common Test Mistakes and how to avoid them.- Top Ten Test-Taking Tips for Students
Here are the top ten tips to success!
From TeacherVision.- Varsity Tutors: Mobile Apps
60+ subject and test prep mobile applications
including ACT, SAT, and a large range of subjects. They also offer tutoring for a fee.- WikiHow: How to Study for Exams
Taking exams is stressful, but you can make it easier by improving the way you study. Studying for your exams effectively and efficiently will keep you from feeling unprepared, and it will set you up for success!
Part of the WikiHow Tests and Exams section.
New York State Regents Exams
- Regents Exam Schedules
- Find out when your exam is being given.
- NYSED: State Assessment: High School Regents Examinations
- Information about Regents Exams and answers to frequently asked questions. With links to schedules, past examinations with answer keys, and further information.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Extensive review lessons from sentence-level to essay-level writing. Includes online index for easy access to particular subjects, such as parts of speech.
- New York State Regents Prep and Review
- Links to review sites for Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
- Regents Review 2.0
- Online video reviews with downloadable Powerpoint slides for high school Regents topics.
- S.O.S. Mathematics
S.O.S. MATHematics is your free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations! The perfect study site for high school, college students and adult learners. Get help to do your homework, refresh your memory, prepare for a test, ….
SAT and ACT Exams
- ACT Dates / SAT Dates
- Find out when your exam is being given.
- ACT.org
Everything you need to know about the ACT test, including registration, test prep, scores, and more!
- ACT Test Prep Apps
- Khan Academy – Magoosh — Varsity Tutors
- CollegeBoard: The SAT
- Information from the company which makes the SAT, including understanding your score, free practice tests, and information on the new Digital SAT, starting in January 2024.
- High School Test Prep
- Offers free online practice tests for PSAT, ACT, and SAT, including
automated scoring along with thorough explanations
. - Kaplan: Free SAT Practice Test & Questions
- Kaplan: Free Online ACT Practice
- Kaplan offers these limited free SAT and ACT practice items among their pricier offerings.
- Khan Academy: Official SAT Practice
- Khan Academy: Test Prep
- Khan Academy offers SAT test prep and a full-length practice tests.
- Number2.com
- Reviews test prep sites and discusses how the ACT and SAT work.
- SAT Test Prep Apps
- Khan Academy – Magoosh – Varsity Tutors
- TestGuide: College Admissions and Placement
- Free ACT and SAT practice tests.
- UniversityHQ: The Ultimate ACT Test Prep Resources Guide
- UniversityHQ: The Ultimate SAT Test Prep Resources Guide
- These helpful guides take you step by step through the process of understanding what the exams test for, how to register, what to study, places to find study resources, test-taking tips, and what to bring on the day of the test itself.
- Varsity Tutors: Free Learning Tools
- Practice tests and review materials for a variety of subjects including SAT, ACT, and AP exams.
Advanced Placement
- AP Exam Dates
- Check here to see when your exam is.
- Albert: Online AP Exam Prep $
- Test prep for all major AP courses at varying prices.
- AP Central
- From the College Board.
AP Central is the official online home for anyone interested in or involved with the Pre-AP or AP Programs®.
- College Board: Practice for the Exams
To help you prepare to do your best on the AP Exam, here are practice questions and tips for labeling your exam materials and completing exam responses.
- High School Test Prep: AP
High School Test Prep features a wide variety of free AP practice tests, and we are adding more all the time. Each of these tests includes challenging practice questions along with answers and detailed explanations.
- Varsity Tutors: Free Practice Tests
- Multiple practice tests and review for a variety of subjects including SAT, ACT, and AP exams.