As a side note, hudsonvalley, I have great respect for Xiggi but even he will tell you that what's been dubbed as the "Xiggi method" on the fora is actually a collection of test prep and test-taking strategies that have been around since kids started taking the SAT, and have been endorsed in most test prep materials for years. Matter of fact, he called them "common sense"
There's no particular method that you have to follow -- that's falling into the same trap as the test companies. Rather, there are strategies that work and then there are a student's own ingenuity in devising their personal method that works for them.