<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SN Academy’s Blog</title><description>SN Academy is building a future-ready core curriculum in Maths, Science and English — with a strong STEM focus — for students from Year 3 to Year 10. We also help trainee and returning teachers pass their accreditation tests across five countries.</description><link>https://snacademy.education</link><item><title>Free EETC Practice Questions (Objective Language Tasks, With Answers)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/eetc-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/eetc-practice-questions</guid><description>The EETC — Quebec&apos;s English-language certification for teachers — tests your command of standard written English through objective language tasks (multiple-choice grammar and…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free LANTITE Numeracy Practice Questions (With Worked Solutions)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/lantite-numeracy-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/lantite-numeracy-practice-questions</guid><description>The best way to prepare for the LANTITE Numeracy test isn&apos;t to re-learn high-school maths — it&apos;s to practise the kind of questions the test actually asks, and to learn a reliable…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free LNAAT Numeracy Practice Questions (With Worked Solutions)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/lnaat-numeracy-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/lnaat-numeracy-practice-questions</guid><description>The numeracy requirement for New Zealand teacher registration is assessed through the LNAAT, an adaptive test — the questions get easier or harder depending on how you&apos;re going.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Ontario MPT Practice Questions (With Worked Solutions)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-practice-questions</guid><description>The Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) checks that you can work confidently with Grades 3–9 math — the everyday number, algebra, geometry and data skills you&apos;ll use as a teacher.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Praxis Core Math Practice Questions (With Worked Solutions)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-math-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-math-practice-questions</guid><description>The Praxis Core Math test (5733) doesn&apos;t test advanced math — it tests whether you can apply high-school-level number sense, algebra, geometry and statistics accurately and under…</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free Maths Practice Questions for Teacher Training (UK)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/teacher-training-maths-practice-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/teacher-training-maths-practice-questions</guid><description>Quick myth-bust first: the professional skills tests were scrapped in 2020. There&apos;s no standardised numeracy test to sit any more.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The grade-4 science requirement for primary teacher training</title><link>https://snacademy.education/uk-primary-science-grade-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/uk-primary-science-grade-4</guid><description>Most people preparing for teacher training in England are aware of the English and maths requirements. Fewer know about the science one — until it catches them out.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:36:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Common mistakes on the Ontario MPT — and how to avoid them</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-common-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-common-mistakes</guid><description>Failing the Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) is rarely about a lack of intelligence.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 07:31:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to prepare for an English equivalence test for teacher training</title><link>https://snacademy.education/uk-prepare-english-equivalence-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/uk-prepare-english-equivalence-test</guid><description>Since April 2020, England no longer requires teacher applicants to pass a national literacy skills test.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The GCSE grade-4 English and maths standard for teacher training, explained</title><link>https://snacademy.education/gcse-grade-4-standard-for-teaching</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/gcse-grade-4-standard-for-teaching</guid><description>When you read through the DfE&apos;s Initial Teacher Training (ITT) criteria, one phrase appears that is easy to gloss over but genuinely changes what the requirement means in…</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:10:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When to sit the EETC and how to register through CEETC</title><link>https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-when-to-register</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-when-to-register</guid><description>If you&apos;re completing an English-sector teacher education programme in Quebec, the EETC is not optional.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:22:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Common Praxis Core mistakes — and how to avoid them</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-common-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-common-mistakes</guid><description>Most Praxis Core stumbles aren&apos;t about intelligence. They&apos;re about preparation habits — specifically, the habits that feel productive but aren&apos;t.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:01:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A 6–8 week study plan for the Praxis Core</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-study-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-study-plan</guid><description>Eight weeks is enough time to prepare well for the Praxis Core — if you use those weeks deliberately.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:09:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Test day: sitting the Ontario MPT online or remote-proctored</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-test-day-remote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-test-day-remote</guid><description>When you register for the Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) through EQAO, you&apos;ll choose between two delivery formats: sitting the test in person at an approved testing centre…</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:13:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mastering the EETC&apos;s objective language tasks (English grammar MC)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-objective-language-tasks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-objective-language-tasks</guid><description>The EETC&apos;s Part One — the Objective Language Tasks — is a multiple-choice section testing the grammatical rules of English.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Didn&apos;t pass part of the EETC? Rewriting just the failed section</title><link>https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-rewriting-a-failed-part</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-rewriting-a-failed-part</guid><description>If you&apos;ve received your EETC results and one part didn&apos;t go the way you hoped, the news is better than it might feel right now.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:07:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When should you register for the LANTITE? A practical timeline for pre-service teachers</title><link>https://snacademy.education/when-to-register-for-lantite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/when-to-register-for-lantite</guid><description>One of the most underrated decisions in your LANTITE preparation is when to sit. Register too early and you will not have had enough preparation time.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:49:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Florida teachers: the FTCE General Knowledge test explained</title><link>https://snacademy.education/florida-ftce-general-knowledge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/florida-ftce-general-knowledge</guid><description>If you&apos;re pursuing teacher certification in Florida, you&apos;ll encounter the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE).</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:35:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ontario MPT format and pass mark</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-format-pass-mark</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-format-pass-mark</guid><description>The Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) is an entirely multiple-choice assessment. There are no short-answer questions, no written components, no constructed-response items.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:10:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to read your LANTITE Statement of Results</title><link>https://snacademy.education/how-to-read-lantite-statement-of-results</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/how-to-read-lantite-statement-of-results</guid><description>Once you&apos;ve sat the LANTITE, your results are typically released within 2–3 weeks. The Statement of Results can be confusing if you&apos;re not sure what you&apos;re looking at.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:59:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to register and book the Ontario MPT with EQAO</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-how-to-register</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-how-to-register</guid><description>The Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) is developed and administered by EQAO — the Education Quality and Accountability Office.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:32:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Didn&apos;t pass the Praxis Core? Your retake strategy</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-retake-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-retake-strategy</guid><description>Not passing the Praxis Core on your first attempt is more common than most people realise — and it&apos;s not a verdict on your ability to teach. It&apos;s feedback.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:02:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Internationally educated teachers and the MPT 2-year deadline</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-internationally-educated-teachers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-internationally-educated-teachers</guid><description>If you trained as a teacher outside Canada and are pursuing Ontario certification as an internationally educated teacher (IET), the Math Proficiency Test (MPT) is almost certainly…</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 23:52:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Praxis Core at home vs at a test center: how to choose</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-at-home-vs-test-center</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-at-home-vs-test-center</guid><description>ETS offers the Praxis Core at both a physical test center and via remote proctoring at home.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 05:42:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calculator and no-calculator questions on the MPT</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-calculator-questions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-calculator-questions</guid><description>One detail that catches Ontario teacher-candidates off guard: the Mathematics Curriculum section of the Math Proficiency Test (MPT) includes both calculator and no-calculator…</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 20:10:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The LANTITE numeracy topics you need to know (and which ones to prioritise)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/lantite-numeracy-topics-to-prioritise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/lantite-numeracy-topics-to-prioritise</guid><description>The LANTITE numeracy test covers a broad range of topics — but some come up far more frequently than others.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 17:34:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When do you have to pass the NZ maths requirement?</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-when-must-you-pass</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-when-must-you-pass</guid><description>One of the most practical questions prospective primary teachers ask is not just whether they need to pass the maths requirement, but when.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 20:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The English checklist for trainee teachers (grammar, spelling, punctuation, reading)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/uk-english-content-checklist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/uk-english-content-checklist</guid><description>Every accredited ITT provider in England must assure that trainees have fundamental English at a standard equivalent to GCSE grade 4.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 11:23:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Common mistakes in the NZ teacher numeracy test — and how to avoid them</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-common-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-common-mistakes</guid><description>Most people who struggle with the LNAAT numeracy requirement aren&apos;t struggling because they can&apos;t do maths.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:55:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Massachusetts: the MTEL Communication &amp; Literacy Skills test explained</title><link>https://snacademy.education/massachusetts-mtel-communication-literacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/massachusetts-mtel-communication-literacy</guid><description>If you&apos;re pursuing teacher licensure in Massachusetts, the Communication &amp; Literacy Skills test is almost certainly on your critical path.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 10:39:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing test-day nerves for the NZ teacher maths requirement</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-managing-test-nerves</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-managing-test-nerves</guid><description>If you feel nervous about the LNAAT numeracy requirement, you&apos;re in good company.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 09:42:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do you even need a basic-skills test in your state?</title><link>https://snacademy.education/do-you-need-a-basic-skills-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/do-you-need-a-basic-skills-test</guid><description>A decade ago, basic-skills tests were a near-universal requirement for aspiring teachers in the United States.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 19:34:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The EETC writing tasks: the criteria your work is judged on</title><link>https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-writing-criteria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-writing-criteria</guid><description>Part Two of the EETC asks you to complete two professional writing tasks. Each one is scored as either a Pass or a Fail — there&apos;s no partial credit, no curve.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 17:16:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Using EQAO&apos;s official MPT practice resources well</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-practice-resources</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-practice-resources</guid><description>For the Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT), you don&apos;t need to search far for preparation materials.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 21:16:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&quot;I&apos;m not a maths person&quot; — passing the NZ numeracy requirement</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-not-a-maths-person</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-not-a-maths-person</guid><description>If you have ever said &quot;I&apos;m not a maths person,&quot; you probably do not mean that you are incapable of doing maths. You most likely mean one of these things:</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:27:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Do UK trainee teachers still sit a skills test?</title><link>https://snacademy.education/do-uk-trainee-teachers-sit-a-skills-test</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/do-uk-trainee-teachers-sit-a-skills-test</guid><description>If you&apos;ve heard that trainee teachers in the UK must pass a literacy and numeracy test before qualifying, you may be working from outdated information.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:33:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Test day: what to expect when you sit the LNAAT</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-test-day-what-to-expect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-test-day-what-to-expect</guid><description>One of the most unsettling things about a high-stakes test isn&apos;t the content — it&apos;s the unknown. What does the interface look like? How many questions are there?</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:22:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fractions, decimals and percentages: the NZ numeracy essentials</title><link>https://snacademy.education/nz-fractions-decimals-percentages</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/nz-fractions-decimals-percentages</guid><description>Fractions, decimals, and percentages aren&apos;t three separate topics — they&apos;re three ways of expressing the same underlying idea: a part of a whole.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:06:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Ontario Grades 3–9 maths topics on the MPT</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-math-curriculum-topics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-math-curriculum-topics</guid><description>The Mathematics Curriculum section is the larger part of the Ontario Math Proficiency Test (MPT) — it makes up at least 70% of the test by composition.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:18:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I&apos;m not a maths person — can I still pass the LANTITE Numeracy test?</title><link>https://snacademy.education/not-a-maths-person-lantite-numeracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/not-a-maths-person-lantite-numeracy</guid><description>If you&apos;re reading this, there&apos;s a good chance you&apos;ve told yourself you&apos;re &quot;not a maths person&quot; at some point. Maybe you struggled in school.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Praxis Core Reading (5713): strategies that work</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-reading-strategies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-reading-strategies</guid><description>The Praxis Core Reading test (5713) is 56 selected-response questions in 85 minutes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:52:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The maths checklist for trainee teachers (whole numbers, fractions, percentages, pupil data)</title><link>https://snacademy.education/uk-maths-content-checklist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/uk-maths-content-checklist</guid><description>England&apos;s ITT providers must assure that every trainee has fundamental maths at a standard equivalent to GCSE grade 4.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:16:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Praxis Core Math: what&apos;s tested and the on-screen calculator</title><link>https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-math-calculator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/praxis-core-math-calculator</guid><description>Many teacher candidates walk into their Praxis Core Math prep with more dread than the test deserves. Yes, it&apos;s 56 questions in 90 minutes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:47:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 things pre-service teachers get wrong about the LANTITE numeracy test</title><link>https://snacademy.education/5-things-wrong-about-lantite-numeracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/5-things-wrong-about-lantite-numeracy</guid><description>The LANTITE numeracy test is one of those assessments that feels deceptively manageable until you&apos;re sitting in front of it.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:02:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The EETC, explained: Quebec&apos;s English teacher language certification</title><link>https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-explained</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/quebec-eetc-explained</guid><description>The English Exit Test for Certification (EETC) is the mandatory English-language proficiency examination for teacher certification in Quebec&apos;s English-language education sector.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:21:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside the MPT pedagogy section: what it covers</title><link>https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-pedagogy-section</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://snacademy.education/ontario-mpt-pedagogy-section</guid><description>Ask any Ontario teacher-candidate what they&apos;re studying for the Math Proficiency Test (MPT) and most will say maths.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:42:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Praxis Core, explained: Reading, Writing &amp; 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