Test Preparation Prepares Students for Confident Test-Taking
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When taking the SATs, ACTs, ISEE, or SSAT, students need to feel confident and prepared for the test in order to do their best. Preparing for the standardized tests with a test preparation coach in a one-on-one setting allows your child to be adequately prepared and reduces stress on test day. As the following article states, knowing what to expect allows students to perform their best.
Parents, students stress over entrance exams to elite high schools
Like many parents, Censi has tried to prepare her daughters for the exams. They are strong academically so that’s not her biggest worry, she said. “They’ve never sat down for three hours” for an exam, said Censi who calls it an “insane” process. “And that’s what worries me – how are they going to cope with that.”
Her daughters took a test preparation course and she also bought preparatory workbooks. “They’re not overwhelmed and I would like to leave it like that,” she said. Preparing for the exam can be seen as part of maturing, said Amirali, who noted children will have to deal with it in the future. “But it is more how relaxed they are about the process.”