ACT Tips and Tricks

Philip Martin

Commas: "When in doubt, take it out"?

When it comes to commas on the ACT English test, should you follow this advice: "When in doubt, take it out?"

Philip Martin

Quiz: Math In Order of Importance

I own a lot of ACT prep books from a lot of different companies; it kind of comes with the territory when you've been teaching ACT prep...

Philip Martin

Focus on Improving the Worst Score...Right?

In this post, Philip Martin explains why solely focusing on a student's worst ACT score may be a mistake.

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,...

Philip Martin

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...

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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:...

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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

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...

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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

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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