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In this two-day session, participants will grow their mastery of instructional skills for preparing their students for the ACT in the specific subject area they teach. In addition to a certificate of attendance, participants can earn a credential of course content mastery by passing the course-specific Knowledge Check assessment.

The ACT Instructional Mastery Reading course provides candidates with the information necessary to understand Reading test structure and content, identify and recommend Reading test strategies, and provide effective Reading test preparation instruction. This course is highly interactive and experiential. Participants will explore and examine different strategies applicable to students of different abilities and reading speeds. Exercises completed in this course allow candidates to know what it feels like to be a pressed-for-time student who needs to get a good score.

Includes:

• Helping readers learn smart strategies to get more questions right more quickly and manage limited time effectively

• Discovering which approaches work best for which types of student

• Understanding Reading test Reporting Categories

• Analyzing Reading test items to determine what is being measured

• Practical, logical, and easy-to-understand approaches to each type of question

• Examining ways to embed Reading test prep into high school curriculum

Why Take It?

• Acquire practical skills to pass on to your students

• Gain insights into the skills the test assesses and how you can help your students develop those skills

• Discover powerful tactics for answering each ACT Reading item type you can share with students.