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We’ll Show You How to Add 4 Points to Your ACT Score *
RESEARCH DETAILS:
Results are drawn from an efficacy study completed in September 2023 by Kaplan's Learning Analytics & Psychometrics team, examining the scaled score change from students’ first to highest practice exam in their course.
ACT did not participate in nor review the Kaplan efficacy study, but did review the results.
The study focused on a sample of 1,006 students who enrolled in Kaplan’s Live Online ACT prep course and completed at least two full-length practice exams to enable the measure of score change between August 2020 and May 2023. “Required study activities” refers to the number of practice tests and questions that must be completed as outlined in the online study plan.
94% of highly engaged Live Online students in the study sample had a positive score increase (average score increase of 4 points) from their first to their highest practice exam. 3.4% of students had no score change. 2.6% of students had a score decrease.
Students who started with lower scores saw greater score increases on average.
Kaplan’s Live Online ACT prep students who completed more study activities saw greater average score increases. Students we define as “highly engaged” (those who answered 1,200+ practice questions and completed 3 full-length practice exams; there were 116 such students in our study sample) had an average score improvement of 4 points from their first to highest practice exam. Students who completed fewer practice questions or practice exams, or who did not engage in the full program, saw lower score increases on average.
*Live Online 4-point average only applied to students who completed 1,200+ practice questions and 3 full-length practice exams during their program. A recent study conducted by Kaplan showed that students who completed a minimum of this work saw an average score improvement of 4 points from their first to their highest practice exam. Students who started with lower scores saw greater increases. Students who completed fewer practice questions or practice exams, or who did not engage in the full program, saw lower score increases.