Barron's PSAT / NMSQT: Plus On-Line Content - Brossura

Sharon Green started helping prepare students for the PSAT and SAT as a 13-year-old assistant at her father’s college entrance tutoring course; she has never stopped since. A National Merit Scholar, she holds degrees from Harvard College, New York University School of Education, and the University of California at Berkeley. Her test preparation books, all published by Barron’s, run the gamut from the California High School Proficiency Examination to the GRE. Whenever she can dig her way out from under multiple dictionaries, Sharon enjoys folk dancing, reading Jane Austen and science fiction, and watching Little League baseball.

Dr. Ira Wolf has had a long career in math education. In addition to teaching math at the high school level for several years, he was a professor of mathematics at Brooklyn College and the Director of the Mathematics Teacher Preparation program at SUNY Stony Brook. Dr. Wolf has been helping students prepare for college entrance exams, including the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests in Math for more than 35 years. He is the founder and former president of PowerPrep, a test preparation company on Long Island that has helped several thousand high school students prepare for the SAT.

Brian Stewart is the author of ACT, SAT, and PSAT test preparation books published through Barron's Educational Series. Brian is the President of BWS Education Consulting, Inc., a test preparation and tutoring company based in Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana: www.bwseducationconsulting.com. Brian and his staff have helped students achieve perfect scores on the ACT, SAT, and PSAT, and reach their college admissions goals. BWS Education Consulting is available to work with students anywhere in the world via online tutoring.

Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
The PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
PART TWO: DIAGNOSTIC TEST
PART THREE: THE PSAT READING TEST
Evidence-Based Reading Test
Building Your Vocabulary
PART FOUR: THE PSAT WRITING AND LANGUAGE TEST
Evidence-Based Writing and Language Test
PART FIVE: THE PSAT MATHEMATICS TEST
Introduction to the Math Section
Tactics and Strategies
Review of PSAT Math
PART SIX: TEST YOURSELF
Two Practice Tests
After the PSAT/NMSQT
Index