What is the SAT Testing?

People often say that to do well on the SAT is to be good at taking the test.

I disagree.

Good preparation means having a strong foundation in reading, writing and math.

There is “strategy” based test prep and foundational-based test prep. Most people need foundational work and yet most people think of test prep as “strategy.” You can certainly optimize your score by learning strategies, but I don’t think the big gains come from this type of test prep for most students.

The College Board cites research that shows the average score gain after test prep to be 5-20 points. I’d guess these are the students who do the strategy-only test prep.

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The other night, I had the pleasure of attending a book club ... as the author. It was a lot of fun and a much more engaged and intimate experience than a traditional "book event."

Book the Writer was started by novelist Jean Hanff Korelitz. She represents 60 New York based writers — some of them Pulitzer Prize Winners, National Book Award Winners, New York Times Bestselling authors and well known television and radio personalities — who are available to attend groups in Manhattan and Brooklyn.  You can read more about Book the Writer in the New York Times.

And, if you're interested in having me attend your book group, I'd love to!  Here's the link: Book the Writer

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Illustrations by Jennifer Orkin Lewis.

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