Get the score you want on the ACT with Certified Tutors from Peach State Tutoring!

How does Peach State Tutoring & Test Prep Get a Student get ready for the ACT?

Proper test prep starts with a diagnostic exam that covers all the topics that students face on the real ACT test. The primary areas of focus for ACT prep are reading comprehension, writing and editing skills, scientific data analysis, and mathematics through trigonometry. 

Preparing for the ACT

Click on the tabs below to see what students need to succeed on the ACT test. Each area is covered in detail and is tested every week with official practice work that is sent home with the student in preparing for testing. The concepts below are only a high-level overview of the topics covered during instruction. In addition to the subjects listed below, tutors also cover a variety of strategies designed specifically to help students answer more questions correctly. These include time-management, wrong answer elimination, etc.

  • Mathematics

    In order to do well on the ACT Math Test, students must be proficient in:


    • Prealgebra
    • Elementary Algebra
    • Intermediate Algebra
    • Coordinated Geometry
    • Plane Geometry
    • Trigonometry
    • Problem Solving / Data Analysis

  • Science

    The ACT Science Test assesses interpretation of data, explores scientific investigations, and looks at models and results.


    Students should be comfortable with:


    • Interpreting data from a graph, chart, or experimental results table
    • Understanding scientific investigations and conclusions
    • Evaluating scientific models, using inference, and drawing conclusions from experimental results

  • Reading

    The ACT Reading Test assesses key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas.


    In order to do well on the Reading Test of the ACT test, students must be proficient in:


    • Active Reading
    • Analyzing Paird Passages
    • Examining Literary Narrative of Prose Passages
    • Reading passages covering content in science, humanities, and other fields
    • Anticipating answers
    • Eliminating false choices
    • Understanding main ideas, inference and fact-based questions

  • English

    In order to do well on the English Test of the ACT test, students must be comfortable with:


    • Main Idea questions
    • Author's Intent
    • Organization of prose
    • Additions, Deletions in passages
    • Transitions
    • Style
    • Verbosity

  • Essay (Optional)

    The Optional ACT Essay Test is scored from 2-12 over four key domains:


    • Ideas and Analysis
    • Development and Support
    • Organization
    • Language Use and Conventions
    • The Essay Test is 40 minutes long.