Why does my plan keep giving me the same skill?
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It's on purpose. Your plan gives your weak spots extra practice, sometimes two sessions on the same day, because that's where you can gain the most SAT points. Tasks for them say Weak spot next to the task name.
Your skills
Words in Context: not the lowest, but the most points left to gain
Today's plan
Words in Context twice today, on purpose
The skills with the most points left to gain become your weak spots, and your plan opens each day with them.
How your plan picks your weak spots
Your plan looks at every skill: how well you know it, and how many questions it carries on the SAT. Your weak spots are the 3 skills where you have the most points left to gain. If you've moved Focus in your settings off Adaptive, each section has its own 3.
That's why a weak spot isn't always your lowest skill. A skill with lots of SAT questions that you know halfway can be worth more than a rare skill you barely know.
Your plan opens each day with your weak spots, so even if you finish only part of a day, you've worked on the skills that move your score most.
What the Weak spot badge means
A study session, Review Lab or lesson with Weak spot next to its name is for one of your weak spots. You'll see it on your Study Plan and in Study plan priorities.
A student's Study Plan page. Words in Context, one of their weak spots, comes back day after day, as a lesson, sessions and a Review Lab.
A weak spot can get a second session on the same day while it's still the furthest behind, but not a third while other skills still fit in your day. Each study session brings new questions: sessions never repeat one you've answered, and Review Labs bring back the ones you missed, on purpose. See Do questions ever repeat?
As you improve
Each new study day is planned from your latest work. As a weak spot gets stronger, it has fewer points left to gain, another skill takes its place, and that skill's tasks get the badge. A task keeps the badge it had when it was planned, so a day planned a few days ago can still show a skill you've since improved.
Mastered skills still come back now and then, so they stay sharp for test day. See How is my study plan built?
Frequently asked questions
No. Two sessions on one skill in a day means it's one of your weak spots and still the furthest behind. Each session has its own questions. A lesson or Review Lab on the same skill can sit beside its session too: the lesson teaches the idea, and the session puts it to work.
Your plan picks from the domains you include in Study Plan Settings. If you've left out domains or set your focus far toward one section, fewer skills compete, so the same ones come back more often. Including more domains gives your plan more skills to choose from. Saving a change rebuilds your plan from today, and your plan completion starts again at 0%. See Change your study plan settings.
Analytics shows your mastery of every skill and highlights your lowest ones. Your plan's weak spots also count how many SAT questions each skill carries, so the two can differ. See Use Analytics to find your weak spots.
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