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Test Prep and Tutoring Online

  • 01/05/01

SkillsTutor.com has launched its new Internet curriculum program, SkillsTutor. This program is designed to support mastery of core skills and prepare students to take state and national standardized tests. Based on the content of the SkillsBank CD-ROMs, SkillsTutor provides students in grades 6 through 12, as well as adult learners, with online instruction and test preparation in reading, writing, language arts, mathematics, information and thinking skills.

The program can assign students tests to quickly identify strengths and weaknesses in skills and concepts, and provide tutorials to create mastery of the subject matter. In addition, the program allows instructors to create lesson plans for students of various skill levels and generate individual or group progress reports. SkillsTutor.com, Columbia, MD, (888) 391-3245, www.skillstutor.com.

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