TACHS Tutoring

Natalie’s TACHS test prep tutoring prepares students for all four sections: Written Expression, Reading, Ability, and Mathematics. The TACHS, now fully digital, is administered online only once every year in the fall and has a total of 200 multiple-choice questions, with a total testing time of about 2 and a half hours. After completing an initial practice test, her students learn test-taking strategies for each section while focusing on struggle areas and good time management techniques. With a solid study plan in place, they build their test-taking skills and familiarity with the question types for maximum success on testing day.

Ability

The TACHS Ability section includes 3 essential analytical question types across a total of 50 questions: figure matrices, figure classification, and paper folding. Natalie shows students the best strategies to efficiently and quickly answer these questions within the given time limit.

Reading

The TACHS Reading section has 30 questions related to reading passages, as well as 20 vocabulary questions. Using test-specific reading comprehension strategies and targeted word lists, Natalie helps students minimize time spent on each question type and maximize their score in this tightly timed section.

Written Expression

The TACHS Written Expression section features 40 questions that focus on a student’s grammar knowledge: punctuation, capitalization, usage, and spelling. Natalie guides her students through the grammar rules they need to know and the strategies they should use to move through this question type quickly, so they can easily recognize grammar mistakes. The other 10 questions focus on writing and composition, another area she specializes in and can help students excel.

Mathematics

The TACHS Math section has 32 questions that focus on 8th-grade math knowledge across concept areas, while the remaining 18 questions test a student’s estimation skills and mental math abilities. Natalie helps her students with any needed concept review as they learn how to use the testing format of multiple choice to their advantage and gain the best possible score in this section.

Tutoring includes:

Study plan based on initial practice test scores

Complete review of TACHS concepts and strategies with targeted practice (available for all sections)

Weekly feedback on student progress and homework completion (available for all sections)

Free online resources for reading, ability, and verbal practice

Timed practice sets during lessons

FAQ about Natalie’s test prep

Do you offer a full test prep program or classes?

I offer one-on-one lessons, not classes, where my tutoring adapts to the needs of every student. I guide students through their test prep with targeted concept review, strategies, and time management techniques. I do not have a one-size-fits-all approach or set curriculum for everyone to follow.

What does a typical lesson with you look like?

Test preparation is a combination of concept review and test-taking strategies. I help my students not just get to the right answer, but also understand how they got to the right answer and what makes it correct. They also learn how to methodically approach questions and answers. A typical lesson for a reading comprehension test section would be working through a number of passages with test-specific questions, for example, or for math test sections, working through practice questions and any needed concept review for those questions at the same time. A good amount of lesson time is spent on mastering strategies and building good time management skills. By understanding how a test works and how the testmakers have created the questions, students better learn how to take that test with minimal stress and maximum success.

Can you guarantee a score increase on the actual test?

Successful test prep depends entirely on a student’s commitment to a study plan, daily practice, and application of strategies and techniques learned during lessons. I personally cannot promise that any student will definitely raise scores just because of my tutoring. However, students who practiced diligently and listened to my advice during lessons — and applied it — did in fact raise their scores significantly.

How many lessons will my child need?

Some students need more support, while others need less. Guessing how many lessons a student needs requires more information. To start, I always ask for practice test results or previous test results to help me see where we need to focus our efforts the most. I also ask about what test prep, if any, you have done so far, and what your specific test score goals are. Your test preparation should start as early as possible before a test date. If your child has any struggles or gaps in a specific subject area, like math, reading or vocabulary, then they will most likely need more tutoring than the average student.

Parents and Student Reviews

Great tutor for TACHS prep!!!

“Natalie is a very good tutor and has a needed knowlege base on prepping for tests. She is firm but nice and my daughter works well with her. We were in a time crunch and Natalie is helping us catch up. Unfortunately, we were with another tutor who really wasted so much time. I was worried if my daughter would be ready, but Natalie helped us organize her studies to cover it all!”