{"id":5012,"date":"2016-01-11t09:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-11t17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2018-06-05t08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05t15:44:08","slug":"the-real-act-prep-guide-4th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/the-real-act-prep-guide-4th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"real act prep guide, 4th edition update: official act prep guide | book review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>curveball: the act finally released the <em>real act prep guide, 4th edition<\/em> &#8230; but they named it the <em>official act prep guide<\/em>. and that&#8217;s where the creativity ends. (quick note: this review applies to the 2016-2017 edition. you can find our review of the <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/the-official-act-prep-guide-book-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official act prep guide 2018 edition here<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7381\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/real-act-prep-guide-update--600x314.png\" alt=\"real act prep guide, 4th edition\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/real-act-prep-guide-update--600x314.png 600w, \/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/real-act-prep-guide-update--300x157.png 300w, \/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/real-act-prep-guide-update--768x402.png 768w, \/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/real-act-prep-guide-update-.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><em>the real act prep guide, 4th edition<\/em> with a new name<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we\u2019ve been waiting for this book for a long time. (see the bottom of this post for our laments on the overdue-ness of this guide.)<\/p>\n<p>honestly, as someone who likes to consider herself one of the biggest champions of act test-takers everywhere, i\u2019m pretty disappointed for the kids. the act could have done a much better job of addressing the complaints with the out-of-date real act guide, 3rd edition that has been around for five years (ancient in standardized-test years), and it fell short.<\/p>\n<p>but let\u2019s start with the good stuff. there are definitely some things the act got right with the <em>official act prep guide, 2016-2017<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>pros to <em>the official act prep guide, 2016-2017<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/official-act-prep-guide-2016\/dp\/1119225418\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&amp;qid=1465512062&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=official+act+prep+guide+2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7266\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/screen-shot-2016-06-09-at-3.46.33-pm-229x300.png\" alt=\"the official act prep guide 2016-2017 4th edition\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/screen-shot-2016-06-09-at-3.46.33-pm-229x300.png 229w, \/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/files\/2016\/01\/screen-shot-2016-06-09-at-3.46.33-pm.png 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>i like the very specific lists of concepts and skills that are tested on the act in the first chapter. this gets quite detailed, particularly on math, such as \u201c[students need to know how to] solve equations in the form of x + a = b, where a and b are whole numbers or decimals\u201d or \u201cfind where a rational function\u2019s graph has a vertical asymptote\u201d this makes it very easy for students to know specifically what bits of school knowledge they need to brush up on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>i also appreciate that the act\u2019s official guide <strong>truly embraces the test prep mindset<\/strong>, even more than the old guide did. part 3 is specifically entitled \u201chow to improve your score\u201d and the book does actually give some real, helpful advice to improve your act score in all sections: english, math, reading, science, and writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>there are better answer explanations to the practice test questions. <\/strong>some could use work, but in general, answer explanations are comprehensive and go beyond just stating the right answer (the college board could learn a few things here regarding the <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/sat\/best-sat-books\/\"><em>official sat study guide<\/em><\/a>). i particularly like the math incorrect answer explanations. for example, \u201cif you chose a, you may have incorrectly used the radius of the circle instead of its diameter in the formula.\u201d this is real. this is what students do. an explanation like this actually gives you good insight into how the act constructs incorrect answer choices by anticipating where students might get tripped up along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>it has official practice tests that have actually been given to students. you aren\u2019t going to get official act questions any place other than from the act, and these official tests should always form a core part of your test prep. but my enthusiasm here is tempered. see the first con below for why.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>cons to <em>the official act prep guide, 2016-2017<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>the reason why the old <em>real act prep guide, 3rd edition<\/em> has been such a travesty for the past few years is that it <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/has-the-format-of-the-act-science-test-changed\/\">no longer matched the test students saw when they actually went to go take the act<\/a>. in the years since this guide was released, the act changed the format of the science section, added comparison passages on reading, and introduced <em>an entirely different essay<\/em>. the <em>official act prep guide, 2016-2017<\/em> fixes these issues, thankfully. format-wise the test now matches what students will actually see. however, this is a downgrade from the previous book for a couple reasons. one, as many students (and tutors like myself) have reported: the act tests of recent years have gotten more nuanced and complex and indeed a bit harder and trickier.<strong> but even though this is a refreshed guide for 2016-2017, the tests are a hodgepodge of old and new material, including material you could access in old act prep materials or on the act website. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>and, what\u2019s more, there are only 3 practice tests in this book, not 5 practice tests as there were in the old real act prep guide!<\/strong> come on! students need more to practice with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>there are other oversights as well, such as the fact that the book says it will address in chapter 1 the proportion of data representation, research summaries, and conflicting viewpoints questions that will appear on the act science test. it never does. this is a big deal, since many students prep with a specific pacing strategy on the hard-to-finish science section, and the unannounced format change has seriously thrown off students in the past. in addition, the guide has the same practice essay prompt in both in the first practice test and as a prompt to practice with in the writing chapter of the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>if you\u2019re studying for the act, you should buy this official guide. it\u2019s an indispensable part of your <a href=\"http:\/\/act.www.catharsisit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">act test prep<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0that said, i think\u00a0that the act could have done a much better job with the guide\u00a0\u2014 hopefully it will with next year\u2019s guide!<\/p>\n<h2>video book review<\/h2>\n<p>check out our video book review of the <em>the official act prep guide<\/em> below!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"act official guide 2016-2017: a review\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ni28twn78k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>see below for our previous thoughts in this post on why a new edition was badly needed for more context on why the new book falls short<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>like many students and tutors out there, we think a 4th edition of <em>the real act prep guide<\/em> (the \u201cred book\u201d) is ridiculously overdue.<\/p>\n<p>the <a href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/best-act-prep-books\/\">3rd edition<\/a> (the current edition) was published in 2011, so, yeah&#8230; nearly five years ago. the tests in the book are from the 2005-2010 period, and, since this time, the act has changed in numerous subtle and not-so-subtle ways.<\/p>\n<p>here\u2019s what\u2019s not-so-subtly out of date in the 3rd edition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the writing test <em>entirely changed<\/em> in september 2015. this means that all of the example essays, scoring guides, and advice in <em>the real act prep guide<\/em> no longer apply.<\/li>\n<li>the reading test has <em>added a comparison passage<\/em> as one of the four passages to read on the test. there are no examples of comparison passages in the red book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>more subtly, but still incredibly important:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>most tutors and students agree that the act has gotten more complex and harder to finish since around 2010. this means that students who prep with the red book are often panicked when they sit for the actual test administration and find it to be harder than the official tests they practiced with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>it\u2019s honestly really a travesty. for a test that is so important to so many students and families, workarounds such as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actstudent.org\/testprep\/book.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website disclaimer<\/a> (on the same page where they are continuing to sell the book) that the writing advice and examples in the guide are no longer valid really doesn\u2019t cut it.<\/p>\n<h2>but there\u2019s hope!<\/h2>\n<p>(sooner rather than later, we hope.)<\/p>\n<p>the act expects to release a 4th edition of <em>the real act prep guide<\/em> in 2016, although it&#8217;s not clear exactly when. the new guide will not be published by peterson\u2019s, which published the previous versions of the guide, but likely by the act itself (or some other company it employs in that effort).<\/p>\n<h2>here\u2019s what you can do while we wait:<\/h2>\n<p>i still recommend that students use the 3rd edition of the red book until we have a 4th edition. there\u2019s still nothing quite like questions from the test maker to model the test you will actually see. but you need to supplement this with good practice materials that mimic more recent developments of the test and with the materials the act has released online to match the new test. these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a more recently released test. the current act in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.act.org\/aap\/pdf\/preparing-for-the-act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preparing for the act guide<\/a><\/em> on the website is from june 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.act.org\/content\/act\/en\/products-and-services\/the-act\/test-preparation.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the practice questions on the act website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>the updated sample <a href=\"https:\/\/www.act.org\/content\/act\/en\/products-and-services\/the-act\/test-preparation\/writing-sample-essays\/writing-sample-essays\/sample-essay-1.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">writing prompt<\/a> for the new essay on the act website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>in addition, look for practice materials that have been created to mimic the newer acts. this is our goal at <a href=\"http:\/\/act.www.catharsisit.com\">magoosh<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0we\u2019ve created our questions and strategy advice with the more recent act tests in mind, and we will continue to update them as we see changes in the test.<\/p>\n<p>when we get more information on the release of <em>the real act prep guide<\/em>, 4th edition, we will be sure to pass it along here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>like many students and tutors out there, we think a 4th edition of <em>the real act prep guide<\/em> (the \u201cred book\u201d) is ridiculously overdue. the 3rd edition (the current edition) was published in 2011, so, yeah&#8230;nearly five years ago. the tests in the book are from the 2005-2010 period, and since this time, the act has changed in numerous subtle and not-so-subtle ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24868],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo premium plugin v21.7 (yoast seo v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>real act prep guide, 4th edition update: official act prep guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"the act has released the real act prep guide, 4th edition - the latest official act prep guide with real act tests. here&#039;s our full book review.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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