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Tools For SAT/ACT Prep

Here are three resources for test preparation.

1- Check out our free, comprehensive database :
  LearningExpress
You'll find it under the Teen banner on the Farmingdale Library website; scroll to Resource Help and Electronic Resources For Teens will pop up to the right. Click on it. Scroll down to Learning Express and click on either home use or library use.
You will find SAT, ACT, AP, PSAT/NMSQT practice exams and career guidance. For details see below:

 ACT- preparation tutorials, practice tests for English, Math, Reading, Science, and Writing, ACT complete simulated practice test and ACT test prep eBooks

 SAT- test preparation tutorial, eBooks and practice tests

 AP- practiced and exam preparation eBooks

 PSAT/NMSQT - practice

 College Admissions Essay Writing - Learn how to write a college admissions essay


 2- Another free resource is the College Board SAT practice site. This site helps with registration, understanding the format of the test, and setting up study groups, and it includes helpful posts about test-taking. The College Board has also teamed up with Khan Academy to create some amazing practice and test review components.

The College Board website offers six practice tests that students can download and take. After they complete a practice test, students can photograph the answer sheet with their smart phones and upload it to get their scores using the College Board SAT app for iOS and Android. The adaptive Daily Practice for the New SAT app can then set up daily practice questions in the four tested subjects.

3- Shmoop is another test prep tool.  For a fee, it offers great student support with diagnostic tests, review topics, drills, and four full practice exams. It is not only game-like, but the excerpts are written with humor and flavored with videos.
I urge you to take advantage of any of these resources for test preparation!

 ~Mrs. J

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