SAT: Instruction from Support Counselors: Lesson 8

Sarah Newlin, Testive’s Advice Counselor Outreach Consultant, explores how assistance counselors are actually preparing for the brand new SAT and advice will have them giving parents and individuals.

Therefore what are direction counselors saying to their students about the DIFFERENT SAT? In fact, not all very much just yet. Many are still knowing for themselves exactly what the changes mean for the test out content and the majority of don’t would like to pile pointless stress into students and oldsters. After all, the faculty Board is still in the process associated with releasing advice about the new test to the public.

That said, many counselors find a way to fall into a pair of camps in terms of the advice they are giving:

Camp 1: Focus on the actual ACT

The theory guiding this position is always that the ACT is really a pretty stable test for quite a while. This translates to more community knowledge about quality and the option of more excellent practice resources. In short, test-takers and those who all help them prepare yourself for the WORK tests, can certainly better predict what the REACT will be like on test day.

Conversely, the College Board will only get limited ‘official’ practice fabric available and that will not be as vetted as up-to-date SAT training material such as the Blue Reserve. Until a few administrations from the new analyze have handed and virtually any kinks are worked out, the test content will simply be fairly unknown and also unknowable. Читать далее →