ACT or SAT: Which Test Is Right for You?
At Academic Approach, we work with families and schools across Chicagoland to support students from all backgrounds to grow scores, skills, and confidence both on and…
Academic Approach: Beginnings
Academic Approach: Beginnings I founded Academic Approach in Chicago in 2001, but the story begins in 1996 in New York City when I was earning…
Better Magazine’s 2019 Faces of Chicago
Every spring, every year, high school juniors — like Shakespeare’s Hamlet — face an existential moment: to ACT or to SAT? That is the question.…
The PSAT/NMSQT: Its Purpose & Benefits
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The following is a repost of an essay written by our founder, Matthew Pietrafetta, for the blog last year. As the 2018 PSAT/NMSQT is just…
Communicating with Students About the PSAT/NMSQT
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As high school teachers and administrators, you understand the importance the PSAT/NMSQT. As standardized test experts, we also get it. Students, however, have widely varying…
The History of Academic Approach
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In the Beginning The Academic Approach story begins with its founder, Matthew Pietrafetta, as a PhD candidate and instructor at Columbia University in New York…
The SAT & ACT Essays: Sometimes a Requirement, Always an Opportunity
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“Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.“ At Academic Approach, we get asked all the time, “is…
College Readiness Summer Seminar
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Many students struggle to find productive ways to fill the summer. For the past four years, Academic Approach has provided Chicago students a way to…
Should I Retake the SAT or ACT?
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After students and families anxiously log in to their ACT and College Board accounts on score release day, the first question many will ask is…
Summer Learning and Tutoring
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Summer Learning Happens So Fast Summer is nearly here and, as students get through their finals and AP tests, it can be hard to convince…
Incorporating and Adapting to Inquiry-Based Instruction
Researchers and educators have long emphasized the importance and value of engaging students in the authentic practices of the discipline they study (e.g. Edelson, 1998).…
SAT Scores: What Teachers Can Do After Test Day
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In Illinois, Michigan, and across the country, students and educators had been preparing for months to get ready for one day: April 10, the SAT…
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