In this post: What is a Magoosh Online Class Like? Mobile Apps Magoosh Pricing Magoosh Score Guarantee Is Magoosh Worth the Money? Why Choose Magoosh SAT / ACT Review? Affordable price Online prep High quality mobile apps Email question support Score guarantee While test review services like Kaplan and Princeton Review have been around for decades, Magoosh is a relative newcomer to the scene, having only been founded in 2009.
In this post: Best ACT/SAT Classroom Prep Best Total ACT/SAT Prep Package Best ACT/SAT Prep on a Budget Best ACT/SAT Tutoring Service The Best ACT / SAT Prep Courses for 2020 Kaplan Test Prep Princeton Review Magoosh Wyzant Varsity Tutors Every year a combined 3 million students take the ACT and SAT tests. These tests have been with us for quite some time, with the SAT launching in 1926 and the ACT joining the party in 1959.
If you missed the news the other day, my home state of Illinois is partially opting out of their 5-year contract with the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test. While elementary grades will continue to give the test, high school students are done with it, and instead will receive the SAT as their free, state-mandated test. This leaves PARCC with only 8 states as full participants, not exactly the kind of number you’d like to see for a “national consortium.
The below map can be used to explore ACT scores by state from 2004-2015 for all 50 US states across all subscores, composite scores, as well as percentage of students tested in a given state. Similar data is available for SAT scores by state from 2011-2014. I will add more data as it becomes available. The plot is hoverable, zoomable, and scroll-able. You can also save any plot you create during your exploration as a .
I’ve really made no secret of the fact that I have my doubts about the long term viability of the PARCC test. Some of the sample items that have been released to the public are so difficult that they border on downright unfair. During my final 5 years as a high school math teacher, the math team I coached finished as the top public high school in Illinois in the 2A division each year, and there are items that I’m certain most of my math team students would have been unable to successfully complete.
The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) annual meeting kicks off tomorrow in my hometown of Peoria, Illinois. I’m actually the co-chairman of the meeting, so I’ll be there throughout, and I plan to do at least one post about the meeting. For the most dedicators math educators, there was actually a pre-conference today. I hadn’t planned on posting about that, but something came up this morning that I couldn’t pass up.
UPDATE: Since this post, I’ve done full Kaplan ACT & SAT Prep review. Kaplan has announced they are discounting their “Classroom Anywhere” classes for ACT and SAT prep in September and October. It is a $100 discount from their normal cost of $499. The discount ends on October, so you must enroll by October 31 to take advantage of the special price. You will also need to follow the link above and use the discount code “100AW” to get the discount.
Just wanted to write a quick post about the StudyCard app for the TI-83 plus and TI-84 plus. Got some inquiries about ACT and SAT StudyCards after I wrote The Top 6 TI-84 Plus Apps, and I wanted to talk a little bit more about the app. There are so many possibilities with the StudyCard app it could make your head spin. To review, the app basically turns your TI-84 into a virtual flash card computer.
Kaplan is one of the best known names in test prep classes for getting students the extra ACT and SAT practice they need. What is probably less known is that Kaplan now offers online test prep in addition to the traditional classroom courses that they have offered for decades. If you’re anxious about the math test (or any part really) on the SAT or ACT, you might want to consider taking advantage of this type of service for some extra math practice for the test.
UPDATE: Since this post, I’ve more posted a more recent review of Kaplan ACT & SAT Prep. When you’re prepping for the SAT or ACT, one of the best things you can do to improve your score is work on practice math problems. Kaplan is now providing a free tool for getting ACT or SAT practice problems online. Kaplan’s SAT Quizbank and ACT Quizbank allow students to get practice test problems with a lot of flexibility.
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