# Blog

## Why Practicing with the Desmos Calculator Matters
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## When is the ACT: 2025-2026 Test Dates
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## Celebrating Like They Won the World Series
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## Incentivizing and Encouraging Good Habits
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## Communicating with Families
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## Teaching Content and Coaching on Strategy
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## Ensuring that Every Student Knows His or Her Numbers
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## Preparing for the Future Workforce: Durable Skills
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## Creating a Strategic Plan and a Playbook
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## The ACT Exam is Evolving: Learn About the New Test Enhancements
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## Empower All Teachers to be ACT/SAT Teachers
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## 2024 National Report Card Paints a Grim Picture of Student Achievement
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## Cultivating Key Leaders
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## A Data-Driven Approach to Counseling
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## Digital Flashcards
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## Using a Multi-Year Approach to Goal-Setting
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## Making the Most of Mistakes
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## 10 Strategies for Building a Culture of ACT and SAT Success
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## How Winward Academy is Everybody’s Private Tutor
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## When is the ACT: 2024-2025 Test Dates
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## Big Changes Coming to the ACT: Here’s the Latest
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## When is the ACT: 2023-2024 Test Dates
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## 5 Last Minute Tips for Exam Day
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## Should we avoid or embrace errors? A case for errorful learning.
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## “I Don’t Remember Practicing This!” A Guide to Guessing on Standardized Tests
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## Don’t Forget! Snacks to Bring on Test Day to Maximize Performance
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## Best Breakfast Brain Food for Test Day
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## What ACT and SAT Scores Really Tell Us – And Why We Should Listen
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## When is the ACT: 2021-2022 Test Dates
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## What Are The UC Application ACT & SAT Testing Requirements
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## How Has COVID-19 Impacted College Admissions Requirements
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## When is the ACT: 2020-2021 Test Dates
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## ACT Announces Big Changes: Retesting, Computer-Based Testing, & Superscoring
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## When is the ACT: 2019-2020 Test Dates
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## College Cheating Scandal – Your Questions Answered About How Students Pretended to Be Athletes to Gain Admission
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## New Year’s Resolution in March: ACT or SAT?
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## To Breakfast or Not to Breakfast? That is the Question.
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## 8 Tips on How to Maintain Top Performance During Your ACT or SAT
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## Recommended Testing Calendar for Juniors in a Low Percentile
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## Recommended Testing Calendar for Juniors in the Middle Percentile
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## Recommended Testing Calendar for Juniors in the Top Percentile
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## ACT Testing Accommodations: Steps and Deadlines
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## 24-Hour Countdown: Everything You Need Before Test Day
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## What is the Latest I Can Take the ACT and SAT for College App Deadlines?
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## Own It: How Amazon’s Employee Rulebook Can Help You Ace the ACT and SAT
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## Taking a Practice Test Right: 3 Must Dos and 3 Never Dos
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## ACT vs. SAT – What’s different in each section?
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## ACT vs. SAT – When? How Long? How Much?
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## 8 Expert Tips for Mastering the ACT or the SAT
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## Secrets of ACT and SAT Test Prep: Pros and Cons
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## What does an ACT or SAT score mean?
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## ACT Writing vs. SAT Essay
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## 10 Expert Tips for ACT Science
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## 10 Expert Tips for ACT Reading
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## 10 Expert Tips for ACT Math
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## 10 Expert Tips for ACT English
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## What to do during and after the ACT or SAT
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## What to do the morning of the ACT or SAT
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## What to do the night before the ACT or SAT
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## What to do the day before the ACT or SAT
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## What to do months before the ACT or SAT
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## Two Life-Saving Tricks to Keep Time During the ACT Exam
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## What is tested on the ACT and SAT?
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## What is Score Choice?
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## What does it mean to superscore an ACT or SAT?
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## ACT vs. SAT: What are the differences?
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