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Season 1 Episode 260
While nearly all high schoolers arrive at the ACT able to read, their levels of mastery often seem spotty at best. How can test takers determine wher…
4 years, 4 months ago
Tutoring Treasures: Tips For Teaching Teens
Season 1 Episode 259
Tutoring at its best entails so much more than a mechanical transfer of information designed to improve a grade or score. An authentic student-teache…
4 years, 4 months ago
Avoiding The Pageant Approach To College Admissions
Season 1 Episode 258
Traditional beauty pageants typify the kind of competition where contestants do everything possible to be judged positively by a group of complete st…
4 years, 5 months ago
Big Tests As Fateful Rites Of Passage
Season 1 Episode 257
Some challenges in life loom larger than others, fraught with the potential to immeasurably transform our lives for the better if only we can rise to…
4 years, 5 months ago
Leveling The Playing Field
Season 1 Episode 256
While we have no choice but to accept that life isn't always fair, we can--and should--do much better to make sure education is always equitable. Amy…
4 years, 5 months ago
Competitive Math And Testing
Season 1 Episode 255
While many teens shudder at the prospect of adding math as an extracurricular activity, others relish the opportunity to engage in quantitative compe…
4 years, 5 months ago
Using The Common Data Set
Season 1 Episode 254
In a system where selective colleges benefit from as many applicants as possible even as acceptance becomes rarer than ever, smart applicants need to…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Unexpected Allure Of The Most Expensive Colleges
Season 1 Episode 253
Higher education resembles most other goods and services in that price often increases with scarcity. In other contexts, though, the industry seems t…
4 years, 5 months ago
Are IQ Tests Valid?
Season 1 Episode 252
Most of us imagine that human intelligence is simply too complex and magical to measure in any reliable way. Why, then, do so many studies suggest ot…
4 years, 5 months ago
Success In Computer-Based Testing
Season 1 Episode 251
Like it or not, most major assessment and admissions tests will eventually migrate to a digital platform, some sooner than you'd think. This need not…
4 years, 5 months ago