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  • Expert Curriculum Perfected Over 30 Years.
  • Advanced Diagnostics for Better Test Prep.
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Best Online ACT Prep Courses
Helping 500+ school partners with their testing needs.

Each ACT Class Registration Includes:

Compass Class Materials:

  • Proprietary Course Curriculums Mailed Directly to You

Compass Online Platform:

  • A Central Hub that Pulls Together Everything You Need
  • Real-Time Access to Instructor Notes & Online Homework
  • Digital Practice Tests Available to Complete, Analyze, & Review

Three Paper ACT Practice Tests:

  • Baseline Diagnostics Assess Student’s Individual Needs
  • Advanced Score Reports Create Personalized Roadmaps
  • Follow-Up Diagnostics Drill Down into Progress & Gaps

Scheduled Classes:

  • 20 Hours of Live Instruction with Certified Instructors
  • Group Tutoring Sessions Split Evenly Between Subjects

Improvement Between Sessions:

  • Instructor-led Study Halls Focus on Individual Needs
  • Two Hours of Assigned Work Between Classes
  • Online Homework Sets Mirror Digital Test Formatting

Additional Opportunities:

  • Bonus Study Materials Included for Motivated Students
  • Class Recordings Provide Vital Review Opportunities
  • Follow-Up 1-on-1 Tutoring Discounted for Class Students

Preview Our Platform, Practice Tests, & Score Reports

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Advanced Diagnostics

To help you get where you want to go, we want to see where you currently stand. Our practice test score reports provide a detailed portrait of your testing strengths and weaknesses, allowing us to make recommendations tailored to your personal needs.

  • Interactive Score Reports for a much deeper dive into your diagnostics
  • Digital Adaptive Testing to mirror the multistage adaptive design on test day
  • SAT/ACT Comparison Tool to determine your best path forward for admissions
  • Percentile Ranking Tool to show how different score gains will improve your competitive standing among your peers
  • Similar Scorers Chart to illustrate how students with commensurate testing ability performed on each of the questions
  • Question flagging to review specific questions that you got right but didn’t fully understand
  • Attractor Answers to show which trap answers you did and didn’t fall for
  • Question Performance Tab to show how you fared in specific areas

Compass Testing Center

Piloted through our partnerships with hundreds of leading high schools around the nation, practice tests for the digital ACT are available to individual students. Tests are self-administered and score reports are released the same day. 

Want to learn more? Take a tour of the Online Testing Center.

Note: The demo must be accessed through Safari, Chrome, or Firefox on a laptop, desktop, or tablet. Mobile phones are not supported.

What Makes Us Different

Master the topics and strategies that will help improve your score elegantly and efficiently—without risking your grades, extracurricular activities, or academic-life balance. Compass classes combine our seasoned instructors, curriculum perfected over 30 years, and technology that keeps students empowered, informed, and on-track.

Maximizing student outcomes most often comes down to five key areas:

  1. Cutting edge technology designed to give students every advantage possible
  2. Data-driven test-taking strategies proven to help students hit their target scores
  3. Highly personalized learning environments where students can thrive
  4. Transparent, timely, and efficient communication with real-time feedback
  5. Cooperative teamwork to ensure the student, family, & instructors are working effectively together

Compass is an integrity-driven company and we are the best in the business at test prep. We put students first, give them everything they need to succeed, and teach them exactly how to hit their target score on test day. Our track record is impeccable. We have the most effective technology, utilize proven processes, offer 100% transparency, and have been setting the test prep curve for over two decades.

Don’t Trust Money-Back Score Guarantees: They are rarely honored, always have fine print, never come without a big fight, kick in too late for the best possible student outcome, and are designed to put financial pressure on tutors, which adds stress to students.

To help you get where you want to go, we need to know where you currently stand and how you are progressing.

Our interactive score reports are game changers – providing detailed portraits of your gaps and opportunities, allowing us to tailor your test prep strategy to your personal needs.

  • Cutting Edge Practice Tests to help set you up for success on test day
  • Interactive Score Reports for a much deeper dive into your diagnostics
  • Digital Adaptive Testing to mirror the multistage adaptive design on test day
  • SAT/ACT Comparison Tool to determine your best path forward for admissions
  • Percentile Ranking Tool to show how different score gains will improve your competitive standing among your peers
  • Similar Scorers Chart to illustrate how students with commensurate testing ability performed on each of the questions
  • Question flagging to review specific questions that you got right but didn’t fully understand
  • Attractor Answers to show which trap answers you did and didn’t fall for
  • Question Performance Tab to show how you fared in specific areas

Tutor Spotlight

Compass is a company of tutors unlike any other. Our group tutoring instructors are hand selected from top ranking academic experts who not only have the highest levels of test prep acumen but the ability to transfer that knowledge in a dynamic and effective manner.

There are no contractors or temps. Every tutor is a full Compass employee with a proven track record and an average of 1000+ hours helping students absolutely shine on test day.

Frequently Asked Questions

Maximum course size is 15 students as this allows group tutoring with an individual focus. Because we offer so many different time slots, days, and classes, actual class sizes can be much smaller.

We understand that sometimes things happen! We will issue you a complete refund up to 48 hours in advance of the first instructional session. Please note: You are responsible for returning your class materials to us. Class refunds are contingent upon the return of all previously mailed materials.

No, Compass cannot register for the official exam on a students behalf. We encourage students to secure a space for an official exam date prior to the start of class. You can register for the SAT Exam here and for the ACT here.

The truth is that score improvements vary widely and depend on several factors:

  1. What is the student’s starting or baseline score?
  2. What level of math has a student completed prior to the class?
  3. Does the student attend all instructional sessions and complete all homework assignments and practice test sessions?

For a typical student starting in the 1000-1200 range on the SAT or 20-25 Composite on the ACT, we expect to see 100-200 points of SAT improvement or the equivalent of 3-6 points on the ACT scale.

Students with accommodations will be able to complete their practice tests within extended time sessions. Compass provides proctored sessions for students 50% and 100% extended time. Please speak with your instructor or our testing coordinator to share your needs.

Students are only able to attend the class section they are registered for. However, classes are recorded and are available to all registered students for viewing and instructors can be contacted during office hours to answer questions.

Practice tests can be self-administered at any time. We also have a flexible schedule of online proctoring sessions for make-up options.

Yes, please fill out this Form or contact us at classes@compassprep.com. We’ll alert you if and when space becomes available or another section is opened for enrollment.
Yes, we have some limited scholarship funds available. Most often, requests for aid come from our partner institutions and/or teachers who nominate a deserving student. Our ability to offer aid is also tied to the enrollment numbers for a particular section. Please contact us at classes@compassprep.com for more information if you qualify for financial aid.

Have other Course questions that we haven’t covered here? Check out our 2024 Spring FAQs or contact us at Classes@CompassPrep.com.

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ACT Prep Class Calendar

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