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Over The Hurdle ILTS Licensure Exam Support

The ILTS isn't testing how smart you are. I'll show you what it IS testing.

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The 4 reasons you’re not passing the ILTS

Hey! If you’re reading this, you’ve probably failed the ILTS at least once. Maybe twice. Maybe three times. And every time the score report comes back, you’re left with the same question: why? You know the content. You live it every day in a classroom. So why does this test keep beating you? I’ve spent years in the teacher prep space watching capable and competent future teachers get stopped by this exam. And I noticed something the official guides never talk about: the people getting stopped...

4 months ago • 4 min read

Issue #1 SATURDAY STRATEGY WEDNESDAY PRACTICE This week: the three rules that decide the "best" answer — on any ILTS exam. Saturday I told you the thing that costs capable people the most points: on the ILTS, the last two answers you're stuck between are usually both correct. The test isn't asking which one is right. It's asking which one is best. That raises the obvious question — the one I held back for the list. Best according to what? Because it's not a mood. This test has decision-making...

3 days ago • 4 min read

You sat down at the testing center. The screen loaded. The first question came up. And your mind went blank. Maybe your heart started pounding. Maybe your hands got cold. You read the question three times and the words stopped making sense. You looked at four answer choices and couldn’t hold any of them in your head long enough to compare them. You walked out of that testing center hours later wondering how you forgot everything you studied — material you live with every day in a classroom....

4 months ago • 6 min read