Features:
CertEd Test Prep on the web comes to your computer on-demand, when and where it's convenient for you to study. You'll have constant access to streaming audio lectures, online interactive study and test-taking materials between now and the time you pass your exam - however long that is. You can study while online or save/print the text with your computer. Although you'll move through the lecture modules at your own pace, you'll take practice tests under time-controlled conditions, just like at the real exam. CertEd will give you immediate online scoring and feedback. Study when and where you want. Review as often as you like. You'll enjoy preparing without travel hassles, without books and papers to organize, without anything to keep track of. You'll find everything set out before you, 24/7, just a few clicks away.

Instructors, Developers:
Barbara Raisner, Ed.D, Arnold Raisner, Ph.D.

Fees:

• LAST Preparation Course, Reg. $145, NOW $99
• ATS-W Preparation Course, Reg. $145, NOW $99
• Complete Preparation (both LAST and ATS), Reg.$250, NOW $190
• NEW!Multi-Subject Test (formerly Elementary Education Content Specialty Test) Preparation Course, Reg. $145, NOW $99

THESE INTRODUCTORY OFFERS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU SIGN UP NOW! We are pleased to offer both the separate LAST and ATS Courses and the combined Complete Preparation Course at low, introductory rates. Please go to "Course Catalog/Sign up" (Click link above) for details about these limited time offers.

Description:
CertEd is pleased to announce its newest, updated online NYSTCE preparation courses. Choose from either the LAST and ATS-W parts of the NYSTCE Preparation, or take them both with the Complete NYSTCE Preparation Course. Or choose the Multi-Subject Test. Your course includes several hours of audio lectures enhanced by cogent, clear written materials, and additional hours of practice test-taking. It all comes on demand, streaming over your computer whenever you want. Start now, we guarantee that when you sit for the upcoming NYSTCE, you will be prepared. Benefits include:

LAST

• Read questions more quickly - speed is all-important, and the LAST questions seem to be getting longer. We give you plenty of timed practice designed to enhance your speed and accuracy. You can gauge your pace, adjust your tempo, and get "up to speed."
• Read more accurately - The big secret to passing the NYSTCE is reading comprehension. Can this be taught? We say "yes". We'll give you reading strategies to pinpoint the crux of NYSTCE questions, and get to the correct answers.

ATS-W

• Use memory aids - you'll walk into the exam with an extensive set of key concepts at your fingertips. These are the concepts that will be asked on the exam. You'll put these concepts to use on both the essay and multiple choice parts of the NYSTCE.
• Employ "mind-sets' - the NYSTCE is not an exam that requires you to command vast storehouses of knowledge. But on the ATS you must know the "mind-sets" of the educators who wrote the exam, so that you can correctly answer the questions. We give you those "mind-sets"

Applicable to both LAST and ATS-W

• Use test-taking strategies - you'll attack questions, especially long reading passages, with the dozens of tips, tricks, and techniques that we have discovered, and which have proven invaluable to our students in passing the NYSTCE.
• Test-taking under controlled, authentic conditions. Let's face it, even if we had a book of NYSTCE sample questions (which does not yet exist on the market), we wouldn't have the discipline to take practice tests for hours on end going strictly by the clock, without sneaking a peek at the answers at the back of the book. Online test-taking preparation compels you to take questions under test-like conditions without even the temptation to "cheat." It is really the only authentic test preparation solution, unless you are willing to trudge out to a classroom and pay a proctor-teacher to stand over you while you practice taking these tests.
• Use essay "scaffolds" - On the essays, you often know what to say. The anxiety comes when trying to decide what to say first, and how to say it in clear, logical prose. Deliberating over structure causes anxiety, wastes time, leads to disorganization, and loses points. You'll master the essay structure we give so that when you sit for the exam, writing will flow easily. Our "scaffolds" will give you what you need.
• Security - You naturally feel uneasy about the NYSTCE, perhaps even fearful. We can allay those fears by giving you a study structure that prepares you for the exam. If you've never learned online before, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised. When you sit for the exam it will feel familiar. You will recognize the same types of questions as you practiced. Unlike most people in the room, you'll feel reassured. You'll be encouraged and prepared to do your best.

NEW! Multi-Subject Test (formerly Elementary Education Content Specialty Test)

The first and only course for this exam, indeed the only test prep materials commercially available. The Multi-Subject Test asks you to complete multiple-choice questions and a written response question within 4 hours. This course shows you what you have to know, how fast you have to go, and what you have to do to pass. The course is divided into modules corresponding to the different content areas on the Multi-Subject Test, including the new module on reading theory. Over 20 audio lectures explain the range and level of the Multi-Subject Test content, and give you sample interactive questions to take. Then, take what you've learned and apply it on realistic practice tests. Take mini-practice tests after each content module or, if you really want to see how you'll do, take our full practice test that mirrors the Multi-Subject Test experience. As in all CertEd courses, you'll take you practice tests against the clock, just like the real Multi-Subject Test. All questions come with immediate scoring and feedback over the web. Our questions are just like those on the Multi-Subject Test, in terms of form and substance. Make sure you are up to speed before you spend time and money taking the Multi-Subject Test.

How it Works:
After you sign up, you will receive a CertEd Username and Password via email that leads to your own personalized, CertEd homepage/learning center. There you'll find your Course Materials. They consist of a sequence of lectures. You will be led through a series of informative screens or "slides" by a master coach who explains them along with knowing advice and tips, all via streaming audio. You can start and stop, retrace your steps, or leave and return later, as you like. Plus, every so often you will come upon one of several practice tests which you will take under timed, test-like-conditions. The tests will review and reinforce the material you've just learned. You will be able to immediately review your scores and get valuable feedback on every question. You'll see exactly how much time you took to complete the test.

Description:Technical requirements for online participation

• Windows or Macintosh Computer
• Windows or Macintosh operating system
• speakers or headphones
• Internet connection and browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape, versions 4.0 and higher)
• an email address

Overview of Topics Covered:
Some of the subjects to be discussed during these Preparation Courses include:

• A. The LAST
1. Dozens of new LAST-style questions, LAST explanations
2. LAST multiple choice attack strategies
3. LAST Test Objectives: Math, Science, History, Social Science, Arts, English
4. The LAST Essay Structure
5. Model Structured Response Sentences to "Ace" the LAST Essay
6. LAST Test-taking tips


• B. The ATS-W
1. Dozens of new ATS-type questions, ATS-W "hot" concepts and "buzz words" with memory aids and explanations, so that you'll be primed with the current relevant thinking about:: The Learner, Curriculum/Unit Planning, Lesson Delivery, Class Management, and the Professional Environment
2. Structure of the ATS-W Essay
3. Step-by-step guide to the ATS-W Essay Assignment
4. Enabling Words and Phrases for the ATS-W Multiple Choice and Essay
5. Great Curriculum Ideas, Lesson Planning and Delivery Methods for the ATS-W Essay
6. ATS-W Test-taking tips


• C. Multi-Subject Test (formerly Elementary Education Content Specialty Test)
1. Introduction to the Multi-Subject Test (MST)
2. Sources of Content for the MST
3. Test-taking techniques for the MST
4. English Language Arts, Reading, Math, and Science, overviews, sample questions and full practice tests.
5. Social Studies, Fine Arts, Health and Safety, Economics overviews, sample questions, and full practice tests.
6. Constructed Response - step-by-step instructions for scoring high on the individualized reading assessment written assignment

To Sign Up
Please go to "Sign-up," below or "Course Catalog/ General Sign-up," above). There you will find some further description of the materials, and you can pay by credit card. Your Username and Password with instructions, will follow usually the same or next day, and certainly within 48 hours.

Guarantee
PLEASE REMEMBER-- These CertEd Preparation Courses are covered by our 'Full Satisfaction' money-back guarantee. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with this seminar, we will gladly issue you a prompt refund.