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ACT Reading

Your child's own
ACT Reading tutor

Pioneered by Stanford AI researchers and learning scientists, Aristotle is the world's first voice-based AI tutor. Built for ACT Reading prep.

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Built for ACT Reading

Built around what the test covers

What the test covers

Every ACT Reading skill maps to the content the test covers, so practice time goes where the points are.

Your starting point

Aristotle finds what your child already knows and starts there, instead of drilling material they have mastered.

Your test date

Aristotle builds the plan backwards from test day and your child's target score.

Test prep

How does Aristotle help with ACT Reading prep?

Aristotle tracks 33 ACT Reading skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from test day.

Skill-by-skill review

Follows what the test covers.

Exam-style practice

Your child talks it through. Aristotle coaches from the step that went wrong.

Help on demand

Any time before test day. No booking.

A parent view

See what's mastered and what's left.

Features

All the tools of a great tutor.

Talk things through, work side by side, and come back next time to a tutor who remembers where you left off.

Learn out loud

Ask questions out loud, hear explanations in Aristotle’s voice, and interrupt whenever you need to.

An interactive whiteboard

Aristotle draws steps, diagrams, and images to help you learn visually.

Practice built for you

Get practice problems tailored to the exact topics you’re struggling with.

65 subjects and counting

From middle-school math to AP exams to SAT/ACT prep. We also build custom plans matched to state standards and specific courses.

Review with ease

Revisit session summaries, session whiteboards, and uploads in one place.

Upload your own materials

Aristotle can read and navigate any PDFs and images with the learner. That includes textbooks with hundreds of pages!

Personalized tracking

We break all subjects down into granular skills, then track mistakes and mastery on each one. Parents can see the whole picture at a glance.

A tutor that knows you

Aristotle remembers every session: what you’ve covered, where you got stuck, how you like things explained. It picks up right where you left off.

The curriculum

33 ACT Reading skills, personalized to your child

Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.

Sample curriculum

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Key Ideas and Details

Craft and Structure

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

ACT Reading tutoring curriculum33 skills across 3 units

Key Ideas and Details

Identify what a passage states and implies, connect events and ideas, and recover its central meaning. Topics: Close Reading, Relationships, Central Ideas, Themes, and Summaries.

Craft and Structure

Explain how language, organization, purpose, and perspective shape a passage. Topics: Word Meanings and Word Choice, Text Structure, Purpose and Point of View.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Evaluate claims and evidence and combine information across passages and visual displays. Topics: Arguments, Synthesis of Multiple Texts.

Here’s what families say about Aristotle

My son told me yesterday that we should cancel his human tutor, because Aristotle is doing a better job. The human tutor was $250/hour.

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parent of Andy, 13Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Common questions about online ACT Reading tutoring

A few things you might wonder before getting started.

What does Aristotle's ACT Reading course cover?

Aristotle's ACT Reading course tracks 33 skills across 3 units, including Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, and Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of ACT Reading your child has mastered and what to teach next.

How does Aristotle help my child prepare for ACT Reading?

What does a ACT Reading tutoring session look like?

When should my child start ACT Reading prep?

Can Aristotle help if my child is struggling with ACT Reading?

How much does ACT Reading tutoring with Aristotle cost?

How is Aristotle different from ChatGPT for ACT Reading help?

Can parents see how the tutoring is going?

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This could be you

A little help. A lot to learn.

For homework, supporting your child, or anything you’ve always wanted to know more about, Aristotle makes it easy for anyone to learn out loud.