PSAT score report

My older son who is a sophomore in high school received his PSAT scores back last week.  He did pretty well, scoring in the 90’s percentile compared to college bound juniors who took the exam last October.  Well, there were some juniors who got 99 percentile with perfect scores.  Considering the prep that he has done, I felt good about his scores, and he did, too.

He had used the Blue Book from the College Board to prepare for the SAT.  With so many SAT prep schools and classes, I felt almost obligated to send him to one of those classes or find him a tutor to help him prepare for the SAT and PSAT.  Not having enough financial resources, however, and feeling confident about my son’s self discipline to study on his own, I had him study the Blue Book.  So far, it seems to be working.  He still has many weaknesses that he needs to work on.  Both I and my son feel that preparing for the SAT is something that he can do alone at home.

What would you have done?  Or what are you doing to help your child prepare for SAT, PSAT or other standardized tests?