Essay

The ACT announced this week that they were abandoning the 1-36 scoring on their optional essay and returning to its 2-12 scale. As we noted in a previous blog post, the ACT faced various [...]

With school letting out for the summer, every student is entitled to a break from schoolwork.  Enjoy your free time, but remember that you most likely have some summer reading to do, too. Summer [...]

Last September, the ACT adopted a new Writing Test. This new essay task is more complex, but the challenge is not unsurmountable; students can still handle it with confidence and skill if they [...]