Here’s a secret most high scorers already know: practice tests aren’t just about drilling questions. In fact, ACT research shows that students who regularly use ACT practice questions and prep tools ...

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Yesterday, you read about 17 Walnut Hills students who aced the ACT. Now you can test yourself over on our Instagram page. We made an Instagram Story using the platform's new "quiz" feature, using ...

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Smarter Balanced is what test experts call a “criterion-referenced” test, which is simply designed to find out whether students know the material. Most school teachers write and use ...