[blindkid] Preparing for the PSAT & Pre-ACT - Seeking Insights

[Debby B]

Winona's Braille teacher provided her with copies of old ACT  and PSAT materials.  Now if I could just get her to look at them..... lol

 
Debby
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________________________________
 From: Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org> 
Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Preparing for the PSAT & Pre-ACT - Seeking Insights
 
Hi Eric,

We did the practice materials that the school 
provided orally--not great, but better than 
nothing.  I really wanted Serena to have some 
experience with the format of the test, though.

The last time I contacted the College Board about 
this, they said old PSAT tests are available in 
Braille for practice purposes, so if there's 
still time, maybe you can get ahold of one of those.

Hope this helps,
Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

At 07:38 PM 10/5/2012, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>My 10th grader Vejas (braille-reader; no vision) will be taking the both the
>PSAT & Pre-ACT in the next 3 weeks ­ any suggestions on taking the actual
>test? Any suggestions on how to best study for these? All the kids got a
>PSAT descriptive booklet ­ we found a PDF of it on the web. The actual
>Pretest booklet however seems to only be available in print. Suggestions
>anyone? Words of experience & wisdom?
>
>He did look on Bookshare but he says there were problems with the books
>
>Book 1: Cracking the SAT (2013 Edition).
>Problems: Most, if not all, of the reading comprehension passages are
>omitted & in some of the multiple choice questions, the choice answers are
>cut off.
>
>Book 2: Cracking the PSAT/Nmsqt (2013 Edition).
>Problems: The reading comprehension passages seem to have been omitted.
>
>Thanks in advance for your time & input.
>EricV
>
>
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