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Test-Prepping – Supplemental Education – And Now Learning Pods (During the Time of COVID)
- News ·
- October 8, 2020 8:58 am·
Matthew Pietrafetta, Ph.D, founded Academic Approach in 2001 and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. After teaching in Columbia University’s Core Curriculum and preparing New…
Standardized Tests Can Promote Rigor
- August 20, 2020 2:00 pm·
Well before the current outbreak of COVID-19, skeptics questioned the value of standardized testing as a college admissions requirement. Some argue this pandemic, however, will…
Academic Approach on How to Keep Students Prepared for the Fall
- June 22, 2020 2:21 pm·
Each fall, students return to their schools fresh off summer experiences and ready to learn. Teachers welcome the opportunity to build on the previous year’s…
Summer Reading 101: The Essential Guide
- June 16, 2020 3:54 pm·
As summer approaches, critical reading will be essential for continued academic progress. The best way to grow as a reader is to read more challenging…
Understanding & Navigating Test-Optional Policies
- June 8, 2020 4:55 pm·
The Basics Impact on Admissions Impact on Students Our Stance School-Specific Policies The Basics The impact of COVID-19 on education continues to be immense. With…
Continuity in Education
- April 1, 2020 6:39 pm·
What We Know: Summer Learning Loss Each fall, students return to their schools fresh off summer experiences and ready to learn. Teachers welcome the opportunity…
7 Ways for Students to Learn from Home
- March 30, 2020 10:13 am·
We know that you are experiencing transitions in your learning right now. We have created this guide to help you settle into a routine for…
15+ Tips That Will Change The Way You Approach E-Learning
- March 27, 2020 1:18 pm·
To support teachers transitioning from in-person lessons to virtual instruction, we’ve compiled some of our best practices to develop and deliver lessons to keep your…
The Move to Online Testing
- Academic Approach ·
- ACT ·
- SAT ·
- March 23, 2020 4:33 pm·
The Necessary Move to Online Testing With schools moving to remote learning in the last few weeks, more and more education activities previously thought to…
The Role of Social-Emotional Learning in Academic Success
- March 4, 2020 4:01 pm·
Can Social-Emotional Learning Support Performance on College Entrance Exams? Education research has focused extensively on the role of social-emotional and noncognitive learning (SEL) in recent…
ACT Superscoring Means Major Shift in Student Test-taking
- Academic Approach ·
- ACT ·
- January 27, 2020 12:12 pm·
June 2020 Update: ACT has announced that the launch of section retesting has been postponed to fall of 2021. The postponement was to accommodate the…
Updates Announced for the ACT
- Academic Approach ·
- ACT ·
- October 9, 2019 1:51 pm·
June 2020 Update: ACT has announced that the launch of section retesting has been postponed to fall of 2021. The postponement was to accommodate the…
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