Welcome to NTPA, the association for test prep professionals. We are a professional association dedicated to supporting test prep professionals, upholding the highest ethical standards, and promoting best practices in the test prep industry. Here you’ll find opportunities to learn, connect, and collaborate with colleagues across the country.

Fostering collaboration, advancing high standards
Our mission is built on driving best practices and supporting professional activities in the test prep community.
Membership benefits
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.

We set the standard for ethical conduct.
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
NTPA Tutor Roundtable: Breaking 700 on SAT Reading
Many tutors claim that the reading section is the most difficult to tutor and the most difficult for students to achieve elite scores. At the March 2022 NTPA Tutor Roundtable, Aaron Golumbfskie led a discussion about best strategies for students wishing to rock this...
SAT March 2022 Test Deconstruction
At this NTPA Test Deconstruction, Pranoy Mohapatra leads a group session to analyze and discuss the official released March 2022 SAT TIR.
NTPA Lunch N Learn: Tutors–Your Most Important Product
The topic of the April 2022 NTPA Lunch N Learn was Tutors--Your Most Important Product. Our guest expert Neill Seltzer described the relationship between a education business and its tutor corps and further explored ways to structure that relationship to the benefit...

The Value of Test Preparation
Test preparation not only helps students build content knowledge, but it also helps them develop life skills such as work ethic, responsibility, and the ability to perform under pressure.