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TwitterThe SAT Question of the Day for today, like the last one that I wrote about, has an explanation that is fundamentally flawed. (Here’s the permalink to today’s question from the College Board’s web site.) Trying to learn how to approach the SAT by listening to College Board explanations like this will actually make preparing [...]
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SAT Question Of The Day: SAT Prep Columnist Explains (11/22/2010)
Posted by Mike Barrett on November 22nd, 2010
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Tags: education, Mike Barrett, SAT prep, SAT Question of the Day 
No Comments »ACT Question of the Day: Better ACT Math Explanation (11/18/2010)
Posted by Mike Barrett on November 18th, 2010
Today’s ACT Math Question of the Day from the ACT’s Official web site (here’s the link) is, unfortunately, another good example of how the people who make standardized tests don’t always do a great job of explaining how to do well on them. The question asks what someone’s speed per hour would be if he [...]
Posted in Featured News, U.S Tags: ACT Prep, ACT Question of the Day, education, math, Mike Barrett No Comments »SAT Question of the Day: Flawed Explanation? (11/16/2010)
Posted by Mike Barrett on November 16th, 2010
Today’s SAT Question of the Day from the College Board’s web site (click here to see it) may seem like a fairly simple one, but it demonstrates at least two important things that any SAT-taker should pay attention to. Unfortunately, experience shows that most of them won’t. Since I know you’re probably in a hurry, [...]
