Why am I performing worse on practice exams?

microssrunner17
Sat, 14 May 2016 00:52:43 +0000

I’m using the Princeton review 2016 edition. My last official composite score was a 25 (S:24 M:22 R:26 E:26) but in my practice exams I do in the book, I’m getting way lower scores. For example, my last reading practice subscore was a 22, and my last science was a 20. I’ve never taken a full practice exam all at once because I never have time, so usually I just sit down and do one section each separately. Why am I doing so bad on the practice ones but then do better on the actual test? I think it might be because I’m just not focused enough and I’m not paying enough attention as I should be, but it’s worrying me, considering that I need to improve each subscore as much as possible and my practice exams aren’t really helping. Any advice??