Whether you are a parent with some questions about your child’s achievement in school or an educator who wants to promote more academic help at home, parent-teacher conferences can be a slippery slope to navigate. Even under the best of …
For about ten years, I worked for two school districts as the AIMS web manager. Not only did I arrange all the benchmark assessments for grades kindergarten through eighth grade, but I spent considerable time with all of the educators …
Children are smart, and it can be challenging to get things by them. For instance, they learn to question the presented curriculum provided by their teachers in the classroom at an early age. The students may not voice their displeasure …
If you are all about competition and competing with your fellow students, you probably would like to earn the absolute best score you possibly can on the ACT or SAT. After all, they are your direct competition when trying to …
Since your ACT/SAT standardized exam score plays such a huge factor in getting accepted into the college you want, it is essential that you get a jump on the competition and nail down your high score as quickly as possible. …
Whether you are just beginning your junior year or senior year in high school, something that should be weighing heavily on your mind is the ACT or SAT exam. Depending upon which one you choose to take, this standardized assessment …
When I was in high school, the test to take was the ACT (originally named the American College Testing Program.) The test was created in 1959 as an alternative to the SAT, and rather than an aptitude test, it was …
When students struggle, parents can often experience great anxiety. Questions and uncertainty abound: What can I do? Who do I talk to? Where do I go? Luckily, schools and outside resources like tutoring agencies are better equipped than ever before …
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a process for identifying student needs and providing support accordingly. It consists of screening procedures and a tiered system of interventions. Students move from one tier to another based on relative progress within an intervention …
Across much of America, spring means testing season. Students, parents, and even teachers tend to lament the season’s arrival. Standardized assessments remain controversial and polarizing. Most students will face them in one form or another in the latter half of …