“A consortium of Texas state educational agencies has
launched a Web site to help Texas high school students
prepare for the SAT and ACT tests. Texas Online
Preparation for College Admission Tests (TOPCAT), which
appears on the existing CollegeForTexans.com website,
features tutorials, practice questions, a vocabulary
builder, and a coaching system that allows teachers to
monitor the progress of their students. The program
features materials that can adapt to each student’s
ability level.
The consortium, a partnership of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Education
Agency, and the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan
Corporation, is working with Xap Corp., an educational
online services firm, to develop the site. In the
coming months, Xap will add Spanish-language ACT and
SAT tutorials to the existing English language content,
it said. ‘Texas high school students deserve the best
online educational tools to successfully prepare them
for college admissions tests,’ said Glenda Barron,
Associate Commissioner for Participation and Success
at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.”
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