Get Smart Books®
The focus of this series is on the State Proficiency exams throughout the country. The books are designed as Self-Study guides. This means that students can pick one up, and find everything necessary to score high on that portion of the exam. They’re self-paced, and cover all of the topics that will be covered on the latest exam in that state. Each book has hundreds of questions that are the types that will be encountered on the exams, whether they’re multiple-choice, mathematics grid-ins, or open-response questions. And every question is answered in way that the student can measure his or her own progress, and understand how that answers relate to the scoring rubric. The sole purpose of these books is to help the student score as high as possible on the exam—not to teach a course in that subject. They can be used at home or in school, with the help of the teacher.
And every book contains several model exams, based on the real exams. They’re written by the teachers in that state for their own students.
Books for the Connecticut Academic
Performance Test (CAPT)
Books for the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) Test
AIMS High School Mathematics: Simplified
CAPT
Mathematics (a Get Smart Book®)
Based on the latest CAPT exams, written for Connecticut students by Connecticut
teachers, this book contains hundreds of solved problems, and open-ended
response questions that will direct students toward learning how to solve
these problems on their own.
$14.95
ISBN: 1-932635-00-9
CAPT
Reading Across the Disciplines (a Get Smart Book®)
This book covers both major areas
of the Interdisciplinary Reading CAPT exam—Response to Literature
and Reading for Information. Features dozens of sample passages,
questions, essays, and two full-length reading tests that with full explanations
of how to respond to the questions, and an understanding of how to get the
highest possible score on the test.
$14.95
ISBN: 1-932635-01-7
CAPT
Writing Across the Disciplines (a Get Smart Book®)
Written for students preparing for the Writing CAPT, the book
is divided into sections. The first is the Interdisciplinary Writing tasks that examines and develops the students’ skills in the early
stages of the writing process—brainstorming, planning, and drafting.
The second part of the book—Editing and Revising—helps
the student develop those skills required to polish their writing before
putting it in final form. Two full-length tests with fully-explained answers
and essays provide additional practice for the actual examination.
$14.95
ISBN: 1-932635-02-5
CAPT
Science (a Get Smart Book®)
Geared for the latest Science CAPT exam, this book contains three major sections
that will be covered on the exam: Life, Physical, and Earth science. Includes
hundreds of questions and answers for all sections of the exam, including the
Science Performance section.
$14.95
ISBN: 1-932635-03-3
PSSA Mathematics-11th Grade
This book is designed for those preparing for the PSSA Mathematics test at the high school level. It is based on the latest requirements for the examination, and will help students understand what will be required of them on the actual test. Throughout the review material there are hundreds of sample questions and fully explained answers, as well as an analysis of the types of questions that will be found on the exam. Two full-length tests provide additional review, and every answer is fully explained, and includes a weakness chart to help students evaluate their progress and readiness for the final examination.
$14.95
ISBN: 1-932635-27-0
AIMS High School Mathematics: Simplified
Laid out in a logical manner by major strands, concepts, and performance objectives, each section contains a brief explanation of how to answer the specific problems in that subtopic. To help the student retain this information, each subtopic features several questions and explained answers.
$14.95
ISBN: 0-9622813-4-4
