Prep book suggestions for the ACT

made4him1027
Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:38:15 +0000

If you have basic math/grammar knowledge, improving your ACT score does not require learning information as it does learning strategy. Since the ACT is standardized, there is always exactly one answer that is 100% correct without dispute. More importantly, there are always exactly three answers that are 100% wrong without dispute. You need to learn how to “hack” the ACT and exploit the fact that it is standardized.

The ACT Prep Black Book by Mike Barret is the best strategy book. It is relatively recent and packed full of stategy, tricks, and easy rules. It’s easy to read, easy to learn, and easy to remember. It includes answers to preselected questions from the ACT Red Book. The Red Book answers simply explain the correct answer, the Black Book tells you how to adapt what you learned from each question to future questions. As a previous test taker and tutor, I strongly recommend this book.