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Joe Burton

Joe Burton

Senior Tutor
Helping students sharpen reading, writing, and test performance through expert assessment insight and high-level verbal coaching.
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Works across ACT English/Reading/Science, SAT Reading/Writing, and essay-based verbal support.

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19 years of experience in educational testing and essay assessment for ETS programs.

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B.A. in English from the University of Iowa and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Roosevelt University.

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Supports humanities students in literature, composition, and creative or expository writing.

Teaching Philosophy

Joe teaches verbal work as both a craft and a performance skill. He helps students understand how language, structure, and reasoning operate on the page, then shows them how those same skills translate to standardized-test passages, essays, and academic writing. His assessment background gives him a particularly sharp sense of what strong responses look like and how to coach students toward them.

Teaching Principles

  • Connects close reading and strong writing to measurable test performance.
  • Uses assessment insight to clarify what high-scoring responses actually do.
  • Treats language and composition as skills that improve through deliberate practice and feedback.

Best Fit For Students Who

  • Need targeted help with ACT or SAT verbal sections.
  • Want writing support from someone deeply familiar with how essays are evaluated.
  • Benefit from coaching in literature, composition, and analytical reading.
  • Need a tutor who can connect humanities work to concrete testing outcomes.

Subjects & Services

  • ACT English, Reading, Science & Writing
  • COOP reading, verbal & language sections
  • CPS HSAT Reading Comprehension
  • HSPT language, reading & verbal sections
  • ISEE reading, verbal & essay sections
  • MAP reading & language usage
  • PreACT English, Reading, Science & Writing
  • PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 & PSAT/NMSQT Reading & Writing
  • SAT Reading & Writing
  • SSAT reading, verbal & writing sections
  • TACHS reading & written expression
  • American Literature
  • AP English Language & Composition
  • AP English Literature & Composition
  • British Literature
  • Comparative Literature
  • Composition
  • Contemporary Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • World Literature
  • Personal statements
  • Supplemental essays
  • Academic/AP support
  • Directed study

Experience Highlights

Has worked at The Krupnick Approach since 2019.

Brings nearly two decades of educational-testing and essay-assessment experience.

Works fluently across test prep, academic humanities support, and essay coaching.

More About Joe Burton

Joe Burton has worked with The Krupnick Approach since 2019 as a testing tutor for ACT and SAT verbal preparation, as well as an advisor on essay composition. He has also supported students in a wide range of humanities subjects, especially literature and creative or expository writing.

What distinguishes Joe’s background is the depth of his assessment experience. For many years, he has worked in educational testing and essay evaluation, including roles connected to the SAT essay and GRE Analytical Writing. That experience gives him an unusually clear sense of how strong writing is judged and how students can improve it. Combined with his academic background in English and creative writing, he brings both technical precision and literary sensitivity to his tutoring.

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ACT or SAT® Prep
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