Testive is a new approach to standardized test prep
BOSTON – January is the last time high school students can take the current version of the SAT. With much speculation about the new test, launching in March 2016, students and families are questioning how they can prepare for the new test, whether or not they should take the new SAT v. the ACT, and how their scores from the new SAT will be interpreted by colleges and universities.
Testive is Here to Help:
Two MBA students from MIT’s Sloan School of Executive Management have created the future of standardized test preparation, using adaptive learning algorithm-based software, to make studying for the SAT and ACT faster, more effective, and fun.
Tom Rose and Miro Kazakoff are the founders of Testive.com, an online test prep system that aids students as they prepare to take the standardized tests that are the gatekeepers between high school and college. In using Testive.com, students increase their scores by an average of six points for every hour they study. SAT scores increase on average by 150 points and ACT scores increase on average by 3 points.
What’s Testive’s take on the new SAT? Watch here: http://bit.ly/1KorWAU.
Two MBA students from MIT’s Sloan School of Executive Management have created the future of standardized test preparation, using adaptive learning algorithm-based software, to make studying for the SAT and ACT faster, more effective, and fun.
Tom Rose and Miro Kazakoff are the founders of Testive.com, an online test prep system that aids students as they prepare to take the standardized tests that are the gatekeepers between high school and college. In using Testive.com, students increase their scores by an average of six points for every hour they study. SAT scores increase on average by 150 points and ACT scores increase on average by 3 points.
What’s Testive’s take on the new SAT? Watch here: http://bit.ly/1KorWAU.
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How Testive Works:
Testive uses technology to improve learning so that all students can increase their SAT and ACT scores.
Rose and Kazakoff figured out a way to bring the learning cycle down to 60 seconds, which is different from any other model and makes learning more enjoyable and more effective. Testive.com personalizes questions to provide challenges at the right ability level, and at the right time, for individual students. No student takes the same test. The algorithm-based test adapts to keep each student learning at his or her optimum level.
Assessment happens in real time, thus the learning cycle is sped up. Students are informed instantly if their answers are right or wrong, and, if wrong, an instant video shows how to get the answer right the next time. Data is collected to demonstrate a trajectory of student progress, which doesn’t happen when students hire individual tutors or use traditional test-prep classes. Additional personalized plans are offered and created for students with learning and developmental disabilities.
The online system alters to fit students’ unique ability levels as they answer questions, keeping them at the edge of their learning ability. One-on-one coaches, who work with students through video conferencing, provide the human encouragement that does not come with online systems or books alone. But Testive coaches are not paid hourly, as are most tutors. Testive coaches cost about $300 to $400 a month, or less than half of the typical fee.
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Why Testive:
“Testive works because it combines the best of man and machine in the learning process,” Rose says.
The typical learning cycle - Challenge, Assess, Learn - is painfully sluggish, Rose says. In college, for example, the cycle can take half a semester before a student’s knowledge is assessed by mid-term exams. The return on investment is too slow to be satisfying or helpful.
Testive uses technology to improve learning so that all students can increase their SAT and ACT scores.
The Testive system is also an example of how to level the playing field and decrease the education gap. It makes highly functional learning available for free to everyone who has access to the internet, which is one of the founding tenets of the company. In addition, Testive has designed an affordable and convenient way for those who want coaching to improve their scores.
To learn more about Testive, to sign up for free access to the Testive.com’s adaptive software or to register for paid one-on-one coaching, visit www.Testive.com.
“Testive works because it combines the best of man and machine in the learning process,” Rose says.
The typical learning cycle - Challenge, Assess, Learn - is painfully sluggish, Rose says. In college, for example, the cycle can take half a semester before a student’s knowledge is assessed by mid-term exams. The return on investment is too slow to be satisfying or helpful.
Testive uses technology to improve learning so that all students can increase their SAT and ACT scores.
The Testive system is also an example of how to level the playing field and decrease the education gap. It makes highly functional learning available for free to everyone who has access to the internet, which is one of the founding tenets of the company. In addition, Testive has designed an affordable and convenient way for those who want coaching to improve their scores.
To learn more about Testive, to sign up for free access to the Testive.com’s adaptive software or to register for paid one-on-one coaching, visit www.Testive.com.
