10 Books to Improve Vocabulary Acquisition

An enriched vocabulary yields improved communication and comprehension of English—Piqosity has curated this collection of books to improve vocabulary skills for the purpose of providing a resource for anyone looking to build and strengthen their vocabulary. These novels contain precise and imaginative diction, helping you develop your vocabulary and reading comprehension skills while being [...]

Announcing Peer-Normed, Dynamic Question Difficulty

Over the past week, our team has been furiously implementing a major upgrade to Piqosity's back-end statistics. All practice questions—from standardized tests like the ISEE and ACT to our core academic courses in English and math—are now peer normed for difficulty. Previously a question's author manually selected a difficulty of easy, medium, or hard. [...]

By |2022-07-26T16:47:17-05:00January 5th, 2022|ACT Test Prep, English, ISEE Test Prep, Math, SAT Test Prep|

Should I Take the ACT With Writing?

If you’re about to begin your ACT journey, you’re probably wondering “Should I take the ACT with writing?” As a student approaching college, you know that the ACT is important, and that a good ACT score can bolster your college applications. But, does it matter if that ACT score in your application includes a [...]

By |2021-12-10T11:18:02-06:00December 3rd, 2021|ACT Test Prep|

ACT Accommodations for English Language Learners

If you’re a non-native English speaker, taking college admission exams like ACT can be pretty intimidating—luckily, there are a number of ACT Accommodations for English Language Learners available which help ELL students attain equal ground to their native-speaking peers. Since most of us, when possible, avoid activities that cause stress, ESL students (sometimes also [...]

By |2023-02-16T09:31:19-06:00November 15th, 2021|ACT Test Prep, Teachers & Tutors|

What is a Good ACT Score?

You’ve gotten through almost three years of high school, chosen your preferred colleges, scheduled your ACT test date, and now you wonder—what is a good ACT score? In this article, we aim to answer this question (spoiler: it’s different for everyone!), determine how to adequately gauge an appropriate ACT score goal, and discuss the preparation [...]

By |2022-01-05T11:53:18-06:00November 9th, 2021|ACT Test Prep|

Reducing Foreign Language Anxiety for Test Taking

If you are receiving classroom instruction in a language that is not your native tongue, you may sometimes experience foreign language anxiety. Like other forms of anxiety in general, foreign language anxiety stems from feelings of uneasiness and self-doubt, and, unsurprisingly, it’s easy to fall into a state of anxiousness when you’re surrounded by a [...]

2021-22 ACT Writing Practice Test Sample Essays

Welcome to Piqosity’s guide to the 2021-22 ACT writing practice test! Below are sample essays that illustrate how to (and how not to) answer the previously released 2021-22 ACT prompt, as found in the Writing section of the previously released 2021-2022 ACT exam (from “Preparing for the ACT Test” (form 2176CPRE)). The full PDF of [...]

By |2022-10-18T12:22:43-05:00September 30th, 2021|ACT: Answer Explanations|
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