Philip Martin
$32 + Effort = Improvement...about the ACT's TIR Program
TIR, or Test Information Release, is one of the ACT's most undervalued services. Three times a year (for takers of the December, April,...
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Philip Martin
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
Why (and What) High Schoolers Should Read
As a full time high school teacher I've come to expect the groans when I give a reading assignment and, though it's taken me a bit...
Philip Martin
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
ACT Science Strategy: Know What You Don't Need to Know
6 science passages, 35 minutes, 5 minutes and 50 seconds per passage. There were two fields of high school science in which I thrived:...
Philip Martin
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
ACT Reading Strategy...Questions First?
When I took the ACT for the first time, I went in blind. However, at my second go, I had a plan that I thought would have guaranteed me a...
Philip Martin
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Myth (Excuse?) of Not Improving
In a somehow equal world, the playing fields would be the same; everyone would be given a fair shot. The ACT and similar standardized...
Philip Martin
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
ACT English Strategy...Only Read the Underlined?
You should know that the majority of ACT English questions require you to reference an underlined portion of a reading passage....
Philip Martin
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
ACT Math Strategy - Eliminate the 5-minute Panic!
If you’ve taken the ACT, you are probably familiar with the panic. You coast along through the first 20 to 30 problems thinking, “Not as...
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