The Learning Miracle specializes in SAT preparation, but also offers programs for the ACT, most Regents exams and many academic subjects. Private tutoring and small classes are both available. The lessons emphasize logical problem-solving techniques, but the whole range of test-taking gimmicks, tricks, traps and shortcuts are presented as well. The Learning Miracle was started by a Yale graduate who scored several 800s as a teenager and numerous 800s as an adult, who asked himself why these tests which seemed so difficult to most people seemed rather easy to him. From that quandary, he developed a course designed to show students how to approach and take the SAT the successful way he does. Students learn to identify standard question formats that appear on test after test, and to recognize how the information contained in a question leads to the answer. Students learn the best way to read passages on standardized tests and how to avoid tedious mathematical calculations. Students learn how using their imagination ironically hurts them in reading and writing questions, but helps them in math problems. Three things you will not see in a Learning Miracle test prep class are: a list of vocabulary words to be memorized, a three-hour lesson and a massive homework assignment. There are flexible tutoring programs for French, English, Math and World History, and for the SAT IIs, the PSAT, the ACT and the ISEE.