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Just perform a quick KDE search for released K-Prep released test items and you'll likely come up empty handed. This year KY 10th graders will be assessed using the online K-Prep test over current KCAS and field tested over new Kentucky academic standards for Reading and Mathematics

If you didn’t know this, then here is a neat trade-secret.

TLDR: Hitting benchmark on the ACT is possible by changing the way you view the test! You have to view the test by the number of questions you need correct to hit benchmark. (ex. English you only need to get 37 questions right out of 75). Video Transcript: If you're in administration or you're a classroom teacher, a big problem happening is that what do you do with students whenever they're not hitting benchmark on their ACT? Well, what I want to share with you today, we've got a tool we use in the classroom here at TorchPrep to help students hit benchmark on the ACT. So I'll share it with you real quick. It's a practical tool that you can use in the classroom with your students so they can get closer to hitting benchmark on this test. And what we call this, it's simply Redefining the Win.

TLDR: Split the test up into 4 separate sections (Practice ACT) 8 min 45 seconds each section Pick a letter (A-F) at the end of time & bubble all the way down Take a Break Do this 4 total times! Video Transcript: If you're in high school leadership or in the classroom a problem that you're facing is how do we help our students reach ACT benchmark on the reading test. What I want to do today is share with you a tool we use at TorchPrep that helps students hit benchmark on the reading section of the ACT test, so that by the end of this video you have a practical tool to use in the classroom to help students reach benchmark on the reading ACT.

TLDR: Dodgeball Strategy Take the entire Math test in 20 minutes! Answer as many questions as you can in 20 minutes and then pick one (A-F) for all unanswered questions See your students confidence soar Video Transcript: If you're in school leadership, or in the classroom, you need a way to help students who are scoring below benchmark on ACT Math. What I want to do today is give you one of TorchPrep's favorite tools to help students reach benchmark on ACT Math, so that by the end of this video you have a practical tool to use in the classroom to help students get one step closer to benchmark in ACT Math. We call this strategy. . . TorchPrep's Dodgeball Strategy.