Cracking the ACT with Sample Tests on CD-ROM, 2005 Edition (Cracking the Act)

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Summary: Forewarned is Forearmed
Review: The ACT is another one of those standard tests that schools like to have you take. Some schools use it heavily, some treat it more as a formality. At any case, if you are planning on college, it's probably something you have to do.

This book, just out with a 2005 edition is based on many years of monitoring the test. While the actual questions are copyrighted and not released, questions that are very similar to the actual tests can be made up and used for practice. In addition, comments on strategy and test taking techniques can be of great help. The ACT is a standardized test. That means it is predictable. There will be 14 questions on plane geometry. There will be ten questions on punctuation. The questions will be of a predictable format, and that format is discussed in this book.

There are five parts to the test: English, Math, Reading, Science Reasoning, and an optional essay. This book has major parts, one each for of the test parts. Each part of the book has a description of the test, some hints and tips that have been frequently helpful in the actual testing, some study guide information, some sample questions to illustrate what they are talking about. Finally there's a CD-ROM included with the book. This has two practice tests designed to be as much like a real ACT as possible, except that the practice tests have the answers and an explanation of how to get that answer.

It is often said that you can't practice for the ACT, that you should just go into it and do your best. This would be true if this were an intelligence test, but it isn't. It's just another standardized test. And you can certainly learn more about how to take a standardized test.