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ACT Essentials Online The school year flies by, so it can feel impossible to cover everything in a syllabus. With ACT Essentials Online, students can boost their ACT scores by 2-4 points in as little as 4 weeks without disrupting the class schedule!

ACT Essentials Online at a Glance: • Per student or si tewide licenses

“User friendly and portable.”

- J.D., Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA

• Year-long access

“Great price and easy to use.”

• Over 30 lessons and 36 additional practice modules

- K.A., Puentes New Orleans, LA

• 600+ authentic practice questions

“I find the activities to be fair and challenging.”

- A.G., East Ascension High School, LA

How ACT Essentials Online Works: • Time Management Strategies: Students who complete this course learn to better manage their time on the ACT. In ACT Essentials, we teach students the techniques they need to know to beat the clock.

• Structure of the ACT: ACT Essentials helps students crack the code on the structure of the ACT. Students learn how the test is set up, what kinds of questions it asks, and how to follow the test directions (as well as when it’s best not to).

• ACT-Specific Test-Taking Strategies: Some ACT test items can be tricky, but in ACT Essentials we show students how to use that fact to their advantage. Students learn powerful strategies that can double the effectiveness of their guesses and give them an edge on test day.

• Lots of Authentic Practice Problems: Just because a student understands a grammar or math concept doesn’t mean that he or she is prepared for how it will be asked about on the ACT. ACT Essentials practice questions exactly match the format and rigor of real ACT test questions, and each topic includes five times more practice questions than traditional test prep books.

• Subject-Specific Tips and Strategies: ACT Essentials helps students make substantial gains in each subject area. For example: • How to ignore distractors in English and reading • How to avoid becoming confused by technical jargon and equations in the science section • Which math formulas students need to know

Next Generation Online Learning Our course is powered by Acrobatiq, the result of Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative, which means that your students experience a course that incorporates the latest research developments in online learning.

• Learn by doing: Our course isn’t a wall of text or a river of passive video streams. Students actually take action and complete activities to move through to course completion. As a result, they stay engaged and learn more.

• Hinting system: Students disengage when a question is too difficult. Our hinting system gently prompts them in the right direction, like a tutor over their shoulder, to keep them on track.

• Learning estimates: Every task and piece of content in our course is tied to ACT College Readiness Standards, and each time students interact with the content, the software updates its learning estimate. The result? Deep insights into student performance across every essential college readiness standard.

• Adaptive practice: Not every student needs the same amount of practice. Students who did well in the lesson move straight to the harder questions, while students who struggled are given more runway.

Here’s a look inside a lesson in the ACT Essentials Online course:

Each Learning Objective is tied to an ACT College Readiness Standard and helps students understand what they’ll accomplish in each lesson.

Learning Targets and Self-Assessment keep students on track and asses how much they understand important concepts to show what they need more practice with.

Quick Checks help assess where students are currently at with ACT specific skills.

Subject specific Tips and strategies help students make substantial gains in each subject area.

Learn by Doing helps students to stay engaged throughout each course and provides quality practice for increased understanding.

Detailed answer explanations makes even the toughest ACT questions approachable.

Exit Tickets provides a post lesson assessment so teachers and students can track progress.

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Engaging experts help students become prepared and confident with time management and testtaking strategies.

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