Test Preparation

Practice can improve scores.  If you are disciplined and take the time to practice, your standardized test scores will improve.  While the best preparation is a lifelong process of reading and doing well in school, intensive test preparation courses are most effective when taken just before the exam.

Local Resources
Take advantage of any test prep programs that you can.  Some local resources that may be offered:

• The Links
• Urban League
• GEAR UP
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• Your high school
• UTC
  UTC offers eight hours of SAT preparation on each of the weekends proceeding the national test date. Cost $125 (includes textbook). UTC Continuing Education also offers summer prep class. For specific dates and to register, call 423-755-4344.
• Ms. Dianne Bruce’s River City Workshops:
  Cost: $175 for each 6 hour class
  Registration: visit her website RiverCity Workshops.
  Area churches

There are many preparation books as well as computer programs and online services. Although you can buy your own, why not check what's available at your local or school libraries and on the Internet?  The following are a few truly FREE online resources:

Number2.com
FREE.  Includes SAT and ACT tutorials, a question and word of the day, and a vocabulary builder.  If you enroll (at no charge), you receive more detailed tutorials, tips via email, etc.

ACT
ACT Corporation's official site for information and free practice tests.

The College Board
Information about, and free practice tests and questions for, the SAT I, SAT II: Subject Tests , and PSAT , from the corporation that creates these tests

More about Testing
See also How Admissions Decisions are Made for more information.