Tips

Take Heed (I Am)

SAT tutor, Stacey Howe-Lott, left a comment below with some test taking tips that she hadn’t mentioned before because she thought everyone knew these things….

Given that somehow they didn’t hit my radar for the first 46 years Read More →

 
 
Tips

How’d You Do It? (i.e. Raise Your SAT Score)

Stacey Howe-Lott remains the single highest score increaser I’ve been able to personally locate.  As implausible as this sounds, she’s a mom too, who discovered the joy of the SAT long after high school.  Incidentally, Stacey is now an SAT Read More →

 
 
Tips

I Have a Question: How’d You Do It?

Tell me the story

Whenever someone sends me their scores, I reply back with the same question:

How’d you do it?

My favorite email last week was from a father of a daughter who is a junior in high school.   Read More →

 
 
Math

SAT Gender Gap

I came across the College Board Trends in Performance Report and was struck by the difference in math scores by gender.

 

I asked a few tutors what they thought, based on experience:

PWNtheSAT:

My theory is that it’s

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Progress Report

Technology & Learning

Finishing up week one with Stacey Howe-Lott, which included two sessions (3.5 hours).

Big takeaway week one: Excellent use of technology for learning.

Stacey has her master’s degree in Education and Technology, and when we spoke about why online learning Read More →