For many families, the PSAT is a wake-up call. It shows where brilliance meets friction. Yet too often, a disappointing score gets brushed off with the fatal label: “bad test taker.” At Streamline, we’ve found that phrase usually hides a deeper story—the story of a student whose brilliance has been mis-read, whose brain has adapted to school’s stressors instead of being nurtured by them.
Before we talk about effort, grit, or executive function, let’s ask the questions no one dares: Is the air in that classroom clean?
Most high schoolers will take the PSAT for the first time in October of sophomore year. For many students, it might...
When schools partner with test prep companies to offer traditional test prep classes, there's a price point for everyone but no results for anyone. (Full disclosure: this is what we try to take down capital educators with.) One of the greatest strengths of tutoring...
A recent, oft addressed and well-documented push against the SAT and other standardized tests (for the purposes of college admissions evaluation) has been roiling based on claims of inequality and inequity. The argument brought against the testing by students and the...
Sign this petition to urge standardization of SAT/ACT proctor and test site. Imagine it’s the morning of test day. Your student wakes up fully rested, prepared and confident that their SAT/ACT preparation is going to pay off. They’ve done their due diligence. They’ve...
Thinking about March usually conjures up images of spring, St. Patrick’s Day, and of course college basketball. Likewise, while college athletes prepare themselves for March Madness, we think that students should put just as much effort into preparing for the March...
It seems that college admission boards are finally realizing what students knew all along: essay questions on tests are more hassle than they’re worth. As a recent article in the Washington Post points out, Princeton and Stanford have finally joined a long list of...
March 10th -- it came and went. Maybe you took a prep class with your friends, maybe your mom ordered you one of those big scary workbooks. You did what everyone told you to do. But now, here we are. It’s March of your junior year, and your SAT score isn’t where it...
Executive Summary: Anthony was a middle of the road Park student starting at an 1120 on his diagnostic SAT. He had great grades, but his performance on the SAT didn’t seem to match. Parents were struggling to come up with an explanation, but Streamline knew exactly...
Miles’ IQ was in the 99th percentile while his processing speed was below the 20th percentile. We wouldn’t find that out until we conducted a full battery of educational testing. It took a lot of work to get us there. The parents were resistant. “Isn’t extra time cheating? There’s nothing wrong with my kid!” Unfortunately, in the traditional classroom setting, a high IQ can mask certain learning differences. When a child is earning good grades and keeping up with the material, parents and teachers don’t always recognize red flags.
In October, sophomores and juniors around the country took the PSAT. If you’re a sophomore or junior, an email from the College Board will hit your inbox before the end of the week. When you open it, you’ll get directions to your score report. But what should you do next?