Keeping Cool with Khan
Summer Plan: Be sure not to fizzle when the summer starts to sizzle.
Use this plan to sharpen your skills and start the school year with an edge.
Week
Week 1
To Do Checklist
 Set up a free College Board account and a Free Khan Academy account for access to
personalized practice.
 Watch the Khan Academy introductory video.
 Link College Board and Khan Academy accounts to send your PSAT scores to Khan
Academy and begin personalized practice. If you did not take a PSAT, take 4 short
diagnostic quizzes in math or in reading and writing and begin personalized practice.
 Identify your strengths and weaknesses, and choose one skill area for your first goal.
 Sign in at satpractice.org, and view your skill
Week 2
Week 3
levels in the bottom right corner of your
dashboard.
 Focusing on one area in math or reading and
writing, begin practicing to achieve your first goal.
 Practice for at least 30 minutes, twice a week.
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8th and 9th Graders: Get to know the PSAT 8/9: Look Inside the Test.
10th and 11th Graders: Get to know the PSAT/NMSQT: Look Inside the Test.
Choose a new focus area in math or reading and writing, and continue skills practice.
Practice for at least 30 minutes, twice a week.
 Take a full-length practice test.
Week 4
 Review the questions you missed, and set a goal for next week’s practice in a new skill area.
Week 5
 Focusing on your goal from last week’s full-length practice test, continue skills practice.
 Practice for at least 30 minutes, twice a week.
 Take another full-length practice test.
 Compare your results to previous tries to track improvement and check them against your
goals.
Week 6
 Review the test questions you missed.
 Identify new goals, and continue skills practice!