About Shelby Joe

Shelby Joe 周 is the Founder of Piqosity. He has more than 20 years of experience in education as an entrepreneur, professor, and tutor. Shelby earned his BA in Political Science from Rice University. Born and raised in Mississippi, he now resides in Houston but has also lived in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hamburg.

ACT and SAT Test Prep in Schools – Challenges and Recommendations

Piqosity’s SAT and ACT preparation resources enable students to practice for these standardized tests in accordance with their unique needs, pace, and style. However, Piqosity and other well-meaning tools are merely one piece of a very complicated challenge in ensuring students are prepared for college. We examined the extant research to formulate recommendations to [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:17-05:00December 8th, 2016|Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|

View Our Release Notes

Piqosity is growing up! Given our rapidly growing user base, we are now scheduling our software updates and publishing our release notes. In order to minimize downtime and disruptions to active users, we are making our updates on Friday and Saturday evenings US central time. On average, down time will be for less than [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:30-05:00November 1st, 2016|Piqosity News|

Get Tech Support at Our Help Desk

We now have a help desk where you can find solutions, request support, or start a discussion. As of this launch on November 1, 2016, we have the following support articles. Support for Students Registering as a Student Learner How to Use and Understand the Student Dashboard Editing User Profile and Privacy Settings Accepting a Teacher [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:46-05:00November 1st, 2016|Piqosity News|

How to Use Piqosity In Your Classroom

Through our Piqosity Pilots program and independently, classroom teachers are increasingly using Piqosity in K12 schools across the United States. Classroom integration poses a few unique challenges; chief among these challenges is preparing material to present to a class. Few people (less than 1% of the college-bound population) can answer challenging standardized test questions [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:58-05:00October 17th, 2016|Teachers & Tutors|

Piqosity 1-Minute Student and Educator Demo

We have a new demo video for you! Using machine learning and a marketplace of mix-and-match content, Piqosity helps students prepare for the P/SAT, ACT, and ISEE standardized tests. It also enables tutors and teachers to monitor student progress and get prepared for in-class lectures. Watch the video for a quick introduction then consider [...]

By |2016-12-29T11:08:30-06:00October 10th, 2016|Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|

Mississippi National Merit Semifinalists 2017

National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced the semifinalists in their 62nd National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists are current high school seniors who took the PSAT in October of 2015. To win the coveted “Semifinalist” designation, students must score in the top 1% of all students in the state. (This list is for the [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:30:47-05:00September 22nd, 2016|Piqosity News|

ACT Test Scores by State for Class of 2016

Massachusetts graduating seniors are the smartest in the country according to ACT's recently released report, "The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2016." Nevadans were the worst off with an average score of just 17.7, which is over 3 points lower than the national average of 21 (the complete list of states follows below). Over 2 [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:33:42-05:00September 21st, 2016|ACT: Top State High Schools by Scores|

ACT Practice Tests with Real Score Estimates

For students preparing for the ACT college admissions test, Piqosity now displays real time estimates of their actual test score on the 0 to 36 scale used by the ACT. Students can find these estimates in three places: On the dashboard as an overall score in the purple box On the dashboard as a [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:33:36-05:00September 13th, 2016|Piqosity News|

How to Use Piqosity as a Tutor or Teacher

Piqosity features an educator dashboard for teachers and tutors that enables educators to create classes, add students, and monitor their progress. Like all of Piqosity beta, this resource is free to use. Piqosity is ideal for helping students prepare for the SAT, ACT, and Upper Level ISEE standardized tests, for which we have more than 6,700 [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:47:41-05:00September 7th, 2016|Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|
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