<p>My bright, hard working, straight-A D seems to be struggling with the standardized testing. She's taken the SAT twice and did see a jump in her score between the first time in October and last month. She's had a long intense prep class and takes the darn thing again in the morning. She tried the ACT and did better on it, with no prep, but wants to follow the prep class protocol and retake the SAT this weekend. I'm thinking ACT again in Sept and then the subject tests in Oct as they are required at some of her schools. Anyway has anyone seen improvement over successive SATs? Posting here rather than in the test thread as those are mostly kids still taking the tests, it seems. Thanks for any thoughts you may have!</p>
<p>My kids had huge jumps between middle school and high school SAT scores, and biggish jumps between sophomore and junior year PSAT scores, all without any studying at all. They had very modest jumps (20 -30 points total all three sections) between junior and senior year. That said, my kids both took subject tests spring junior year while the subjects were still fresh in their minds. </p>
<p>They were both taking US History and took that subject test - no way either would have gotten the scores they did waiting till the fall. Since they were reviewing for both the AP and the NYS Regents test at the same time there was no extra studying for the SAT. Math would probably have made less of a difference, since both were at least still taking math courses. They both also took science subject tests corresponding to the APs they were taking at the time.</p>
<p>Given that she’s not signed up for or prepared for subject tests I think she’s fine. With any luck she’ll get the SAT score you think reflects her abilities and you can skip the extra ACT testing.</p>
<p>Consider only taking one subject test per sitting. When I took Math II and World History sophomore year, I absolutely could not sit still for the second test. From that point on, I only took one subject test per sitting and that may have been one of the factors why I scored so well on my following tests (no, it’s not a substitute for studying. I studied my butt off).</p>
<p>Edit: I barely improved my single sitting score, but improved my superscore by 50 points on the SAT I. These test dates were about a year apart.</p>
<p>I think her daughter is a rising senior. She doesn’t have time to take one subject test per sitting. In any event my kids took 3 at once and didn’t find it an issue at all.</p>
<p>I also took three subject tests in one sitting. It is not as long as one regular SAT test actually. I would highly reccommend it.</p>