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Our mission is built on driving best practices and supporting professional activities in the test prep community.
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NTPA membership comes with networking opportunities, mentorship, inclusion in our Member Directory, and many other benefits. We offer membership at the student, individual, and organizational level.

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All NTPA members subscribe to our Code of Ethics. Membership in NTPA lets your clients know that you adhere to the highest standards of professional conduct. Code of EthicsFeatured blogs
ACT April & June 2023 Test Deconstruction
https://youtu.be/2YKCbKwbJXQ At this NTPA Test Deconstruction, Aaron Golumbfskie leads a group session to analyze and discuss the official released April 2023 ACT & June 2023 ACT.
NTPA Tutor Roundtable: How and When to Part Ways with a Client?
We’ve all had difficult clients. Sometimes, those experiences can teach you to be a better tutor, more able to help the next student like that one. But is the juice always worth the squeeze? If the relationship isn’t working, does it make sense to part ways, both for...
NTPA Tutor Roundtable: “To Retest or Not to Retest, That is the Question.”
Tis the season for retesting – or not. The March 2023 NTPA Tutor Roundtable led by Aaron Golumbfskie, discusses the important topic of helping students make the right decision as to whether or not to retest and discussed strategies of how to best work with...
NTPA Tutor Roundtable: Strategies for the dSAT Reading Section
February's Tutor Roundtable discussion was on Strategies for the dSAT Reading Section. This Tutor Roundtable added on to January’s Tutor Roundtable, with diving back into the dSAT. February's discussion focused on particular strategies we envision students might use...