Buying an Exam Approved Graphing Calculator

High school students are one of the main users of calculators. Standardized exams are a core reason for their usage.

Standardized exams are administered by various organizations. Each of these organizations decides what calculators are approved for use on any of the exams they administer. Unfortunately, each list of approved calculators is different. Thus, the high school student planning on taking several standardized exams over the course of his or her high school career should do some research before purchasing a new calculator for the PSAT or SAT exam can also be used in a subsequent year when taking a state mandated exam (e.g., the Mathematics Regents Exam in NY state) or any of the AP Exams (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry).

As students prepare to go back to school and begin to purchase school supplies one of the items they may need to purchase is a calculator. With these thoughts in mind, coupled with he high cost of many of these calculators (many are graphing calculators), this blog will focus much of its attention over the next few weeks on the identification of approved calculators for the different exams students will be faced with during the coming school year.