U.S. News & World Report Preps for the SAT with Knewton

U.S. News & World Report is already a valuable resource for college-bound students due to its annual university rankings guide, and now the magazine will take on the SAT with the help of educational technology company Knewton. The two parties are teaming up to offer three options: a free SAT review; a $49 SAT Starter Kit that includes detailed video explanations and live video tutoring; and a $490 SAT Complete Course that adds live and on-demand classes, strategy sessions and sheets, and Knewton's adaptive learning algorithm, which pinpoints and strengthens students' weaknesses. From a post on the Knewton Blog: Every fall, high-school seniors go through the same old back-to-school routine. They buy new clothes, grumble over a new class schedule, sharpen their pencils (or, upgrade their hard drives), and prepare to torture a fresh crop of teachers. But during that last year of high school, students also have one more thing to worry about: college applications. And between college essays, schoolwork, extracurriculars, and the SAT, let's face it: High-schoolers have about a gazillion things on their plates. Knewton's goal is to help alleviate some of that stress (especially the SAT-related kind). To this end, we're very excited to have our SAT prep featured with another company that actually helps make students' lives easier during this busy time: U.S. News & World Report. Each year, U.S. News publishes a College Rankings guide to help students find the perfect school for them. Countless high-school seniors (not to mention juniors, sophomores…even freshmen) use these detailed, customizable rankings to help decide which colleges to apply to. This year, as a feature on USNews.com, Knewton will offer three different prep packages -- including a free SAT Review with Math, Writing, and Critical Reading diagnostic quizzes -- designed to help students gauge just how prepared they are and just how much more they need to do. We'll also offer an SAT Starter Kit for even more detailed study, as well our comprehensive full-length, interactive SAT course. U.S. News & World Report editor Brian Kelly said in a statement: For a high-school student planning to attend a selective or highly-selective college, the SAT is a stressful hurdle in an already laborious process. We are pleased to offer our readers Knewton's products. And Knewton founder and CEO Jose Ferreira added: Parents rely on U.S. News & World Report because it provides the most trusted rankings and the best content to guide them through the admissions process. We are proud to offer our best-in-class SAT products to their readers, helping them be more scientific about how they prepare for the test and optimize their results.

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