Test Guides - High School Books

Kaplan SSAT & ISEE 2009 Edition: For Private and Independent School Admissions (Kaplan Ssat & Isee)

Kaplan

Amazon Price: $12.92 List Price: $19.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Kaplan Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 37 new & used starting at $10.83

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> Study Aids -> Test Preparation
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Study Skills
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General

Editorial Review:

Features:

• 6 full-length practice tests: 3 SSATs and 3 ISEEs, tailored to upper, middle, and lower levels

• Detailed answer explanations

• Hundreds of practice questions covering the most frequently tested material

• Intensive, test-specific Math and Verbal workouts

• Customized review sections for important subject areas, including Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, and Writing

• Practical tips for every question type

• Powerful test-taking strategies to help you score higher

McGraw-Hill's GED : The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests

McGraw-Hill

Amazon Price: $14.93 List Price: $21.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: McGraw-Hill Amazon Marketplace: 51 new & used starting at $11.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Business & Investing -> Management & Leadership -> Management
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Adult & Continuing Education
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> High School

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 37 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

The bestselling guide, updated to reflect all changes to the GED through 2002

Each year, nearly a million North Americans take the GED high school equivalency exam. Formerly entitled Contemporary's GED, one of the most popular resources for those prepping for the test has been revised for all changes to the GED, through 2002. This latest edition of the bestselling guide arms readers with what they need to score high in all five test categories, including targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, hundreds of reinforcement activities, and simulated GED tests for each subject area. Outstanding features that have made for the continuing popularity of this guide include:

• Half-length pretests for each subject area that help readers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
• Two full-length practice tests for each subject area
• Special new sections on critical thinking skills, graphs, and illustrations
• New guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics test
• A complete answer key explaining why each answer is correct
• Chapter-by-chapter surveys that reinforce knowledge of key concepts
• Test-taking tips and strategies

Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, 2009 Edition (Private Test Prep)

Princeton Review

Amazon Price: $13.60 List Price: $20.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Princeton Review Amazon Marketplace: 38 new & used starting at $12.11

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> School & Education
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> Study Aids -> Test Preparation
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - High School -> SSAT, COOP

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 1.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SSAT and ISEE exams is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about English and math–only what you’ll need to score higher on the exam. There’s a big difference. In Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Correctly answer analogy and synonym questions even when you’re not sure what all of the words mean
·Ace the reading comprehension section by learning to spot main ideas, topic sentences, and key words
·Crack the general math section by learning to avoid wrong answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Learn how to turn complicated algebra problems into simple word problems
·Simplify the SSAT writing sample and the ISEE essay using a sure-fire, step-by-step approach

This book includes five full-length practice tests, with questions like the ones you’ll see on the actual SSAT and ISEE.

Kaplan Catholic High School Entrance Exams, 2009 Edition (Kaplan Catholic High School Entrance Exam)

Kaplan

Amazon Price: $12.21 List Price: $17.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Kaplan Publishing Amazon Marketplace: 36 new & used starting at $10.31

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Study Skills
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General AAS

Editorial Review:

Includes:

• Comprehensive overview of the COOP, HSPT, and TACHS exams with up-to-the-minute test information
• 2 full-length practice tests for each exam, with detailed answer explanations
• Targeted chapter and diagnostic quizzes
• Review of key concepts and all tested material

Master the Catholic High School Entrance Exams 2009 (Master the Catholic High School Entrance Examinations)

Peterson's

Amazon Price: $12.24 List Price: $18.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Arco Amazon Marketplace: 30 new & used starting at $11.55

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> School & Education
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> Study Aids -> Test Preparation
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - Careers -> Vocational Tests

Editorial Review:

Part I includes information about each exam type and how itÕs scored.

Part II contains verbal previews such as, analogies, verbal logic, reading, and composition.

Part III reviews quantitative and non-verbal skills, such as mathematics.

Part IV includes practice exams for the TACHS, COOP (revised), and the HSPT.

This book also introduces the SSAT and the ISEE.

McGraw-Hill's GED w/ CD-ROM (Mcgraw Hill's Ged)

Patricia Mulcrone

Amazon Price: $19.77 List Price: $29.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: McGraw-Hill Amazon Marketplace: 45 new & used starting at $8.31

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - High School -> GED
Subjects -> Reference -> Test Prep Central -> General
Subjects -> Reference -> Test Prep Central -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

America's #1 guide to acing the GED just got better

Fully updated to reflect the latest exam guidelines, McGraw-Hill's GED has established itself as the bestselling GED study guide by giving the hundreds of thousands of people who each year take the high school equivalency exam everything they need to ace the test. It features precisely targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, extensive practice, and simulated GED tests for all five subject areas covered in the exam--Language Arts, Writing; Social Studies; Science; Language Arts, Reading; and Mathematics.

Enhanced with interactive capability, McGraw-Hill's GED with CD-ROM now combines the strengths of the market-leading book with the versatility of the CD-ROM:

• Coverage of the latest additions to the test, including sections on the GED essay, critical thinking skills, and graphs and
• Illustrations
• Priceless test-taking tips from a veteran
• GED test prep expert
• Guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics sections
• A total of four full-length practice tests--two in the book and two additional ones on the CD-ROM
• Automatic marking and score analysis on the CD-ROM, including an additional diagnostic test that targets strengths and weaknesses

Master the SSAT & ISEE 2009 (Master the Ssat and Isee)

Peterson's

Amazon Price: $12.89 List Price: $18.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Arco Amazon Marketplace: 25 new & used starting at $11.93

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Reference & Nonfiction -> Study Aids -> Test Preparation
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - Graduate & Professional -> GRE
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - High School -> SSAT, COOP

Editorial Review:

 

The guide for students AND parents! Master the SSAT & ISEE provides all the prep needed to score higher on the SSAT and ISEE: up-to-date information on the tests, hundreds of practice questions and four full-length practice tests (all with detailed answer explanations), and solid test-taking advice. Also includes guidance for parents on selecting, applying, and paying for private school, as well as "Private Schools at-a-Glance" state-by-state chart with data on more than 1,000 private secondary schools to aid in the search for the right private school.

 

 

Barron's GED 2008-2009 with CD-ROM (Barron's How to Prepare for the GED High School Equivalency Exam)

Murray Rockowitz Ph.D., Samuel C. Brownstein, Max Peters, Ira K. Wolf Ph.D.

Amazon Price: $19.79 List Price: $29.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Barron's Educational Series Amazon Marketplace: 35 new & used starting at $17.98

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Adult & Continuing Education
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - High School -> GED
Subjects -> Reference -> Test Prep Central -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Barron's GED 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Book ordered for grandson to study and get GED. Seems to be a well written book and the CD with it is great. Believe grandson will be taking his exam in couple of weeks and then we will pass on to granddaughter.

Thanks.

Very goog book! 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The information contained in this book is so clear that you won't need a teacher to help you understand it.

Super Book for Exam Prep 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is great. It covers everything. It takes a lot of time to work through it.

Editorial Review:

Updated to reflect the latest GED High School Equivalency Exams, this comprehensive manual presents a diagnostic test and two full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained. Test takers will also profit from the book’s extensive subject reviews, which cover all test topics: Language Arts—Writing Parts I and II, Language Arts—Reading, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. An overview explains the test’s several parts and their time allotments and offers study advice and test-taking tips. The accompanying CD-ROM presents practice tests that simulate the actual test-taking situation.

McGraw-Hill's Pre-GED : The Most Comprehensive Review of the Skills Necessary for GED Study

McGraw-Hill's GED, McGraw-Hill's GED

Amazon Price: $12.21 List Price: $17.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: McGraw-Hill Amazon Marketplace: 39 new & used starting at $9.45

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> Study Skills
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General
Subjects -> Nonfiction -> Education -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

From America's leading education publisher, the struggling student's guide to GED success

. .

Nearly one million Americans plan to take the GED each year, but many are deficient in the most basic skills and not yet ready for GED courses and study guides. McGraw-Hill's Pre-GED offers a comprehensive foundation on which to build the necessary skills for more vigorous study and eventual success.

. .

This edition covers the five subject areas-- writing, reading, social studies, science, and math--guiding students in such matters as topic sentences, punctuation, sequence, inference, decimals, and ratios.

. .

Fully updated, it also introduces students to subject matter added to the test in 2002, including world history, space study, business documents, and number grids. With easy-tofollow instructions, McGraw-Hill's Pre- GED provides:

.

.
• Diagnostic pretests identifying strengths and weaknesses .
• Hundreds of exercises with answer key .
• Full explanations of answers provided .
• Posttests with correlations to other McGraw-Hill GED books .

.

GED Mathematics (Steck-Vaughn Ged Series)

Amazon Price: $12.92 List Price: $19.00 Usually ships in 24 hours By: HARCOURT SCHOOL SUPPLY - Model: SV-28355 Amazon Marketplace: 38 new & used starting at $9.00

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Reference -> Education -> Test Guides - High School -> GED
Subjects -> Reference -> Test Prep Central -> General
Subjects -> Reference -> Test Prep Central -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The best GED math text on the market right now 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I have been teaching the GED for 20+ years, and I insist that each of my students own this book. First of all, it breaks down the basic math skill areas into clear steps with helpful examples. Then it gives the student lots of opportunities to review what they have learned and assess their growth with mini-tests after every 3 lessons and unit reviews. Also you can practice for the GED by taking three full length practice tests. The answers and explanations in the back can help a student learn from their mistakes. Best of all, the level of difficulty matches the actual GED pretty closely (not true of other publishers) so if the student can do well in this book, you can expect that they will do well on the GED as well.

My three complaints about this book are:
the chapter on percents is confusing. There is a much better way to teach percents that asking students to memorize and manipulate a diagram.

There needs to be more on charts and graphs, which are getting bigger and bigger on the GED. Also I wish there were more on ratios & proportions. I always find that I have to supplement the book when I get to this lesson because SV gives us very few word problems, and they are all too easy.

There should be a bigger section on multi-step problems, also another huge area on the GED. SV is great for breaking down the test into skills, but sometimes questions ask you to work more than one skill at a time.

SV Math can use improvements, and I would supplement it with some of the newer stuff from Contemporary (another publisher of GED books) but as a basic GED math text, it really is the best book out there. I highly recommend it.

Editorial Review:

Statistics, probability, alternative answer formats, and instruction for the Casio fx-260, the official calculator of the GED Test.