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...aren't all tests coachable? Yes, to some extent. However, the SAT is particularly susceptible because effective coaching often has less to do with English and math than outwitting the test...
Virtually the only way to coach an Educational Testing Service (ETS) Achievement test is to work on mastering the body of knowledge. However, SAT prep courses focus on how to take the test...
...instance, the Princeton Review SAT prep course shows students how to circumvent the reading comprehension portion of the test. The SAT always includes one passage on non-Western culture. According to the Princeton Review, students should always pick the most positive sounding answer choice in this section because ETS will generally avoid associating minorites and other nationalities with any negative judgments. Don't understand it, just pick the positive-sounding answer. So much for reading comprehension...
Math skills are also dispensable. Up until a few years ago, Princeton Review counselled students to solve geometry problems not by learning the material but by folding up their tests to create different size angles. Because ETS outlawed tearing and folding of the test booklet, Princeton Review no longer uses this technique. But through other methods such as predicting the sequences of answers, one can still get a good score without actually learning any material...
Jane's and other Pentagon reference books describe the Mike as a submarine that "seems to be a test vehicle for new design and propulsion features...