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...observations and my conversations with teachers at my high school, the MCAS-tainted schools will merely succeed in sending students who are capable of doing nothing more than answering MCAS questions out into the real word. Essentially all Massachusetts high schools will sink to the level of an SAT prep course...
...addition, Johnson says, the prosperous economy has meant both that more students are interested in higher education and can afford test prep courses...
...such a rarefied admissions environment, every possible edge counts, test prep companies argue...
...result is often an "arms race" mentality: as more and more applicants take commercial prep courses, the pressure on others to enroll in such courses mounts...
...ironically, Lemann says no study has ever proved conclusively that test prep courses actually improve applicants' scores...