do you have link? we are in the middle of the "study" process for SAT.
Did you know your child who is under 14 can take the SAT and the grade is wiped away unless they do OK and you want to keep it? I am having my son take it just to get used to how it works. He has ADHD and just the process of doing it will help so much in a couple years when he does it for real. If my child wants to Running Start as an 11th grader (where you do 11th/12th at a college) he has to take the SAT as a 10th grader to get into the university Running Start.
In my humble opinion, the more a student can practise the test the better the test reflects their abilites. The SAT tests the ability to manipulate knowledge and reasoning. Without a firm ability to manipulate info, thier knowledge becomes irrelavant.
I am working out of the book myself, to understand how to teach my two. My boys take the MCAS every year and do well as it is only knowledge based and the format is VERY familiar after 10 years. I am applying that same thinking that if a student can become comfortable with the format of the test, they can better show their skills.
I have a ADD son, he speeds thru testing rather than slow down and work carefully, and he is certain he knows the answer. Yes he is good in math, but like most people, doesnt fully understand his abilites or lack there of. ANd this is complicated by teen invincability. lol
Hoping that by working thru a self help book on the SAT he will develop the test taking skills to show his stuff well.
There is also the PSAT and SSAT. The latter is for the 4-8 grades, rather than high school level.
Also, our HS councelor suggested that for advanced math students to take the test early, sophmore year, as the test scores tend to decline when calculus is now the focus. Just need algebra and geometry to take the SAT.
