everydae

• Innovative Methodologies
• Readiness Score
• Cost Effective SAT Preparation
• Personal Dashboard

Innovative Methodologies

To create its curriculum, Everydae started by analyzing not only what concepts were on the SAT, but also how much studying or mastering of various concepts would help a student’s test score. Everydae’s curriculum developers printed out every released SAT exam and then cut out every test question. After sorting questions based on skills, the curriculum developers discovered that test taking strategies taught by other SAT preparation companies were becoming less applicable with new tests and topics deemed as unimportant were actually going to more efficiently raise test scores.

Popular college standardized test preparation companies, such as Kaplan, generally operate through sessions that are strictly scheduled once a week with no accountability outside of sessions. Everydae follows academic research that confirms small, daily practice is more effective than cramming. Through daily 10-minute game-like challenges and innovative methodologies, Everydae created an SAT preparation curriculum that is adaptive, personalized, and has everyday accountability. These methodologies include:

• Microactive Engagements — Knowing that students already have tight schedules and limited time for studying, Everydae created daily 10-minute study sessions through game-like challenges making consistent studying more feasible and thus effective.
• Spaced Repetition — To increase the rate of learning, concepts are brought back at varying intervals.
• Retrieval Practice — Students are tested regularly to measure retention of concepts and materials.
• Productive Struggle — The content is personalized so that it is challenging, but not too challenging that students become overly discouraged and quit.
• Assessment and Adaptivity — A student’s performance is analyzed, and the content is adapted to increase progress, repetition, and retention.
• Learn by Doing — To build transference and increase retention, students attempt problems first and then have help available through video lessons if needed.
• Growth Mindset — By instilling the idea that ability is earned, not given, Everydae builds resilience in students.
• Reward Inputs and Outputs — Everydae rewards effort as well as results to increase confidence and a desire to learn. Students earn coins as they study that can be converted to gift cards.

Readiness Score

Everydae’s proprietary Readiness Score contributes to its innovative test preparation methodology. The Readiness Score estimates how prepared students are to reach their SAT goals through three criteria: the importance of each skill on the SAT, the student’s performance on each of these skills, and the student’s goal score. 

The relative importance of each skill on the SAT is an important aspect of the Readiness Score because some skills will have more of an effect on a student’s score than others. Accuracy, or performance on each of these skills, is important because if students are not answering questions correctly during practice, they won’t be answered correctly on test day either. 

The student’s goal score is an additional important consideration as to how prepared a student is for the SAT. A higher SAT score goal will require more mastery of skills than a lower SAT score goal. The Readiness Score may track a student’s learning more effectively than practice tests and may give students confidence on test day.

Cost Effective SAT Preparation

The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions; however, only about 15 percent of families can hire test preparation tutors. Limited access to resources for college admission standardized testing due to financial constraints further widens the academic achievement gap between students from high and low socioeconomic backgrounds.

 Personal SAT tutors average hourly price costs can range from $45 to $100 per hour, but this can vary greatly by region or zip code. In-person courses by test preparation companies can range from $500 to $1800. Everydae aims to close this achievement disparity by providing its digital tutor at a price families can afford. Its pricing plans are cost effective with pricing at $19 per month and a $99 lifetime access option. 

Similar to popular standardized test preparation companies, Everydae has a score improvement guarantee. If a student’s score does not improve after using Everydae, the cost of the program can be refunded. To qualify for the score improvement guarantee, students must submit an official score before signing up, have a paid account for three months, complete every challenge, and submit a second official score within 90 days of the test date.

In addition to affordable SAT test preparation, Everydae also offers free college and career resources for parents and educators throughout the United States. These free resources include grade guides to help students stay on track, student growth plans for each year of high school, and a 30-day enrichment program that motivates teenagers to discover their purpose in life. To access these resources, an email needs to be entered and a three question questionnaire needs to be filled out.

Personal Dashboard

Unlike other SAT preparation courses, students’ progress and performance can be tracked through a personal dashboard that sends weekly updates. This dashboard enables students and parents to monitor progress continuously rather than at intervals through initial and subsequent practice tests like other SAT preparation course companies. 
 
The dashboard also highlights how many challenges are left in a mission, questions that were missed so they can be reviewed, the Everydae Readiness Score, a graph indicating how many challenges have been completed in a week, coins earned, and a countdown of days until the official test date.

• Only Covers the Math Section
• No Practice Tests 

Only Covers the Math Section

The SAT comprises two main sections: reading/writing and math. Each of these sections is scored out of 800 and then added to obtain the overall SAT score. There is also an optional essay section on the SAT. Although the essay section is optional, many colleges either require it or recommend it. The essay scores are not factored into the overall SAT score, but are reflected separately on the report. 

Everydae only provides SAT test preparation for the math section. Other college admissions test preparation companies generally cover all sections of the SAT. Although Everydae is affordable, students who want to study all sections of the SAT would need to find additional resources to adequately prepare.

No Practice Tests

Taking practice tests is an important aspect of studying for the SAT. The SAT is a three-hour test, and for many students, this will be the longest exam they have taken. Even though the SAT is three hours long, students may face timing issues on the test. Timing issues are not identifiable or fixable without taking SAT practice tests. 

In order to be adequately prepared for the SAT, Everydae recommends to take a practice test about once every four weeks until the last three to four weeks before the official exam. In the final three to four weeks before the official exam, Everydae recommends taking two full practice tests, and to avoid taking a practice test in the last five days before the official test day. 

Everydae, however, does not provide any full length or section practice tests. While practice tests can be found online, they are limited. Other college admissions standardized preparation companies provide full length and section practice tests as well as detailed score reports that provide detailed explanations for each question.

Everydae only provides SAT preparation for the math section. For students needing a comprehensive SAT preparation course, Everydae is not a good option unless it is supplemental practice for the math section. Everydae currently does not have practice tests available. If practice tests are a critical aspect of a student’s SAT preparation plan, we recommend looking into other test preparation companies that offer multiple practice tests with detailed score reports. 

Although Everydae is not a comprehensive SAT preparation course, it does provide exceptional preparation for the math section. What makes Everydae unique compared to other college admissions test preparation companies is that it offers accountability through daily 10-minute study sessions and tracks growth through a personal dashboard and its proprietary Readiness Score. These features would be advantageous for busy students who need consistent study, students that only need to study the math section to raise their scores, and students looking for additional ways to track progress and SAT readiness outside of practice tests.