Word: preps
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...they'll embark on what some educators have dubbed the Year of the Test, sitting for state exams that determine everything from high school graduation to school-funding bonuses. Not to mention whether your kindergartner will have nap time (schools in Mobile, Ala., have grabbed that time for test prep), and where you'll buy your next home (real estate agents in Arizona and Virginia now tout high scores in school districts where they have homes for sale...
...HIGH SCHOOL WEB SITES OFFER FREE COACHING FOR THE SAT President Clinton has pledged to provide poor children with the same test-prep materials that give their wealthier peers an edge on standardized tests such as the SAT. But two web sites launched last week have beaten him to it. Students who go to Number2.com or testu.com can read test-taking tips, practice on mock SAT questions and receive instant feedback on their strengths and weaknesses, all free...
...school have made an appearance--despite calls home from the superintendent's office. Those who do come to summer class are likely to find a change in focus. Because students in many cities must retake standardized exams at summer's end, those classes have morphed into all-day test-prep sessions. The merits of such cramming are unclear. Last summer only 40% of New York students who failed the city's exam managed to pass on a second try. Seattle canceled its summer "academic boot camp" after many students made only meager gains on tests...
...class issues, my dream is that one day in the near future, something will happen with those supply and demand curves that will drive down prices, and just about everyone will take SAT prep classes. When that happens, SAT scores will be so volatile that they will no longer be useful to colleges, leading colleges to throw out the test in favor of a more humane measure of an applicant's worth...
...course, that would destroy the SAT prep industry, which is probably not something The Princeton Review would actively encourage. Maybe this is another one of those existential paradoxes. Or maybe I'm just happy to be making 17 bucks an hour...