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- Test Prep: 4 Smart Ways to Boost Your SAT Score for Less
- Experts agree that studying for the SAT and ACT on the cheap can be just as effective as pricey classes. Here are four smart tools to use. ...
- Articles 2009-08-12
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- How to Get Teens to Study for the SAT
- Take pity on me. My son Ben is studying for the SAT. It's not the test that I dread so much, it's the months leading up to the Saturday morning ritual. As so many other parents have learned before me, I've discovered that nagging a teenager to...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Counting Down to the SAT; Eleventh-Hour Tips to Help You Test Your Best
- Business/Education Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 5, 2000 With little more than a week to prepare for the October 14th SAT, Kaplan, Inc. the nation's largest provider of SAT prep is offering last-minute strategies for students to help them maximize their results on this important exam. "It's not...
- Research articles 2000-10-05
- How to Survive a Bad SAT Score
- It's SAT season again. This is the time of year when high school seniors are making a final stab at earning SAT scores that are worth displaying on the refrigerator door. The testing frenzy is the reason why The Official SAT Study Guide has...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Top Five Reasons to Stop Stressing About the SAT and ACT
- Is your teenager going a little nuts about the SAT or ACT? Are you? Here's why your family can relax a little: 1) The SAT and ACT tests are shrinking in importance. The number of colleges and universities which no longer require SAT or ACT scores...
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Kaplan Software Products Sweep the Top 3 Spots in the Test Prep Market; Five Months After Partnering With Encore Software, Kaplan Reaches a Staggering 71.9% Market Share
- Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 27, 2000 Encore Software Inc., a leading consumer software publisher, today announced that KaplanR Higher Score SAT/ACT/PSAT 2001 Deluxe, Higher Score SAT/ACT/PSAT 2001 and Higher Score GMAT/GRE/LSAT 2001 products are ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in...
- Research articles 2000-11-27
- Let's focus on the real issue
- The SAT I is too valuable a tool for any college or university to discard. The real issue in the current criticism against the SAT I is not test use-it is test misuse. I wholeheartedly agree with President Atkinson when he complains about schools devoting classroom time for SAT prep....
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- What USA's top prep players are thinking
- SAN ANTONIO -- Seventy-eight of the nation's top high school football players are here this week to play a final prep game, Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Then it's on to college and, in some respects, a whole new ballgame. Say hello to polls, power ratings and the advanced...
- Research articles 2003-12-31
- Prep stars speak out on BCS, NFL and playing for pay
- SAN ANTONIO -- Seventy-eight of the nation's top high school football players are here this week to play a final prep game, Saturday's U.S. Army All-American Bowl (NBC, 1 p.m. ET; rosters, 13C). USA TODAY's Christopher Lawlor sat down with seven of the all-stars for a chat. Q: Would...
- Research articles 2006-01-06
- Test Prep Industry Ready for Changes.
- By Jenna Russell, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 28--At test preparation centers, where students learn strategies to "beat" the SAT, coaches said yesterday they weren't worried about the revamped exam. "Writing does freak students out," said...
- Research articles 2002-06-28
- Britannica Launches Online College Test Prep Service
- College-bound high school students looking ahead to the SAT and ACT exams can now get first-rate test preparation without stepping into a classroom, with Britannica TestPrep ( www.britannicatestprep.com/ ), an advanced online service from Encyclopaedia Britannica and the innovators at PrepMe.com. Typically, they can also get it at a...
- Research articles 2008-03-10
- Falling Through the Cracks
- Daniel Spangenburger, a high-school senior in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., dreams of attending a prestigious college like Carnegie Mellon or Cornell. A degree from either "could make a difference for the rest of my life," he says. And on the face of it, Spangenburger has what it takes: eight Advanced Placement...
- Research articles 2003-11-17
- Fancy words
- Did you see The Washington Post article by Michael Dobbs that the SAT prep courses are now urging students to use fancy instead of simple words when writing the newly required essay? They recommend "antithesis" over "opposite," and "irrefutable" or "incontrovertible" instead of "true." And for "false," they prefer "untenable"...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Kaplan Inks Deal with Alloy Online to Offer Teens Prep Services For SAT, ACT and AP Tests in Time for Spring Exams at www.alloy.com
- Business & Technology Editors, Education Writers Note To Editors: Kaplan is a subsidiary Of the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 3, 2000 Kaplan, the nation's premier provider of educational and career services, and Alloy Online Inc., (NASDAQ:ALOY), a leading Internet destination for the...
- Research articles 2000-03-03
- Ending the arms race: the University of California and the SAT - special report
- When the SAT test was introduced in 1901, it was intended for egalitarian purposes. Initially an achievement test that measured mastery of college preparatory subjects, it was designed to allow students who did not attend elite prep schools to demonstrate their suitability for college, thus broadening the pool of potential...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- Free college prep resources offered
- Getting ready for college is never easy. Admission requirements, testing dates, financial aid applications, and a plethora of other concerns may baffle students. Fortunately, however, the College Board and the Educational Testing Service can help. The College Board, creator of the Advanced Placement AP Exam and the Scholastic Aptitude...
- Research articles 1998-07-01
- Gaining an SAT edge
- Carbs or protein? Bright colors or earth tones? Hard rock or classical? Test-prep company Peterson's says its plans go beyond drilling students in the three R's, starting what it's calling a testing laboratory to see whether students gain any edge on the SAT from the little things --...
- Research articles 2004-08-17
- Peterson's Unveils First and Only Personalized SAT Preparation Course Using Award-Winning Technology; New Web-Based Product Offers Tailored Learning at Affordable Price
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 2003 As part of its dedication to ensuring students' success beyond high school, Peterson's, one of the world's leading providers of education search and test preparation and part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE:TOC; TSX:TOC), today launched Peterson's Test Prep--SAT Online Course,...
- Research articles 2003-03-04
- New Fiction
- Susan Coll’s new novel about the top-tier college-admissions game tries hard and amiably, but it needs to be wait-listed behind worthier spring fiction. Acceptance follows the luck of some affluent suburban-D.C. high-school seniors, including “AP Harry,” a charmless version of Michael J. Fox’s old Family Ties character, a kid so...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- WebWatch Tests Give SAT Prep Sites a Mixed Report Card; Report Available at New WebWatch Blog,'The UnSponsored Link'
- YONKERS, N.Y., May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer Reports WebWatch tests of 10 Web sites that help students prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test -- a key qualifier for admission to top colleges -- show a free site's services as effective as others costing upwards of $400, while testers found...
- Research articles 2006-05-25
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