What is the biggest SAT/ACT myth?
I think about “biggest” as meaning “has the largest gap between fact and reality” combined with “having a large impact on student preparedness.” By this definition, the biggest myth is that teachers, especially math and English teachers, are experts at getting students ready for the SAT or ACT. School administrators and teachers agree that the SAT and ACT are the things for which they are held most accountable and have received the least amount of training. I spend most of my professional time training teachers about the SAT, ACT, and other standardized tests. I begin every workshop with two simple questions: “How many of you (the teachers at the workshop) spent as much as 10 minutes while you were studying to be a teacher learning how to help students raise their SAT or ACT scores? How many of you ever had a professor mention the issue in class? I’m still waiting to get a positive response from a teacher! The vast majority of college professors don’t know any more about the SAT or ACT
