The abstract nature of the exam actually makes it more susceptible to test preparation, some argue.
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Parents who can afford test preparation have flocked to companies that provide classes and tutoring, spending hundreds and even thousands of dollars.
But it wasn't until the 1970s, with baby boomers scrambling to get into college, that Kaplan stormed the country with its test preparation courses.
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"Test preparation really does help, and wealthier families are able to provide that for their kids whereas poor ones aren't, " said James Borland, an education professor at Teachers College at Columbia University.
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He must also recognize that one of the unintended consequences of using test scores as a barometer for judging schools has been that many schools have narrowed the focus of the curriculum to test preparation.
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Applying to high school in New York has become even more fraught in recent years, with increasingly competitive and costly private schools, a rise in test preparation for specialized public schools and a proliferation of options that can seem daunting to navigate.
Tutoring companies across the city have reported a frenzy since the NNAT was announced, with families signing children up for private tutoring sessions, enrolling them in multiweek boot camp classes, and buying test preparation booklets in droves even though the test won't be administered until January.
He admits that the test-preparation company he founded 26 years ago, Princeton Review, has not exactly thrived lately.
Researchers critical of the process say the tests could exclude children who have the potential to learn but haven't been exposed to early forms of literature or test-preparation tutoring.
The project he plans to join, Venture for America, was founded by Andrew Yang, the former chief executive of Manhattan GMAT, a test-preparation company acquired in 2009 by Kaplan, a Washington Post Co.
Once accurately recorded these results were then scaled up in preparation for the test proper.
Grockit is trying to build a scalable, effective, and engaging way to help people learn new things in preparation for a test.
With the team fully assembled, plus equipment, test jumps and years of preparation behind them, all that remained was the small matter of sending a man over 120, 000 feet upwards.
They had rested a number of key players but while the papers might have hinted such competition was not ideal preparation for the second Test, I look at it from a more positive angle.
For the next month, Piccard and Borschberg will perform test flights around the Bay Area in preparation, and the plan is for the journey to start on May 1st, with an estimated arrival in Gotham sometime in early July.
Flintoff opted not to bowl at England's first preparation session for the penultimate Ashes Test on Wednesday, but that was to be expected as he continues to manage his injury.
Kirk Proctor, of the Missouri Career Center, said the organization is looking for a way to cover the increased test cost for students participating in a GED preparation and job training program he oversees.
Mr. Naglieri dismissed the idea that preparation could unduly reward students on his test.
That recent day on the platform, it was raining and gray and sad as cranes lifted beams in preparation for a September 11 unveiling, a test of whether a memorial can coexist with office towers.
It is clear that a combination of injuries to star players, lack of adequate preparation, absence of a wider pool of Test players and too much cricket thanks to a thoughtlessly crowded cricket calendar rendered India hors de combat.
"Strategies to improve test and examination performance, coupled with teaching that focuses heavily on preparation for the qualifications, does not equip pupils for their futures, " says the booklet destined for secondary schools.
Firstly, you can forget about being educated, sats preparation is a constant drone of things to remember to pass a particular paper, making you test smart not educated.
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