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Watch for gotchas at SAT prep sites.(up front: News / Trends / Advice)(Scholastic Assessment Test)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
"SAT" may be the most anxiety-inducing acronym in the high school student's vocabulary. Changes to the test in 2005 have left college hopefuls with an even greater need to be prepared and have helped spawn sites offering practice tests, customized tutorials, essay tips, and promises of higher scores.
These sites cost anywhere from nothing for unlimited use to $500 for four months. Is it worth paying that much? Consumer Reports Web Watch, which investigates Internet credibility, tested 10 SAT prep sites last summer, when many students would prep for a retest: Barron's, Boston Test Prep, the College Board, Kaplan, Number2.com, Online Test Prep, Peterson's, PrepMe, Princeton Review, and SAT Secrets. Testers were 20 high school juniors who had taken the SAT once.
What we found. Testers thought Number2.com, a free site with no time limit, was as helpful as Kaplan and ...
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- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Gorman, Siobhan December 1, 2002 700+ words
...affluent will be toting test-prep materials from companies like Kaplan and Princeton Review. These are the top...the college-bound, test-prep companies are expanding...government. Unsurprisingly, test-prep companies see the law...
- The Learning Company and The Princeton Review Form Strategic Partnership To...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 29, 1998 700+ words
...NYSE: TLC) and The Princeton Review today announced that...co-branded line of test prep and teen educational...Learning Company/Princeton Review line will include a...multi-subjects and test-prep software -- a complete...
- Test prep firm solves space problem; Princeton Review expands on Varick;...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business July 26, 2004 700+ words
For former princeton review students, the company's name...Child Left Behind legislation, Princeton Review has extended its business to...it is expanding its offices. Princeton Review signed a 10-year deal to double...
- PRINCETON REVIEW SAYS SAT SCORE IMPROVEMENT DISPUTE SETTLED; ARBITRATION PANEL...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 3, 1995 700+ words
...YORK, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Princeton Review today said it has won a twenty-month...accepted the methodology behind The Princeton Review's students' average score improvement...studies separately conducted by The Princeton Review and Kaplan to measure score improvements...
- The Princeton Review Reports Strong Third Quarter and Nine Month Results;...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 6, 2002 700+ words
...founder of The Princeton Review, said...Specifically, Test Prep revenues grew...quality of The Princeton Review test prep programs continues...Company's MCAT test prep showed an average...improvement using The Princeton Review's course...
- Test-Prep Firms Eye Proposed Grant Plan in Massachusetts.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 31, 2001 700+ words
...Not surprisingly, test-prep companies that are...a teacher at the Princeton Review test-prep program in Newton...trend is to deliver test-prep service in schools...space. He said Princeton Review doesn't yet offer...
- The Princeton Review Launches New SAT Course Based on Three-Year Study of SAT...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 25, 2008 700+ words
...Marshall, President of Princeton Review's test prep division. The Princeton Review's new six-week SAT...first book and the only test-prep guide ever to be a New...available. About The Princeton Review The Princeton Review...
- The Princeton Review goes live on The Microsoft Network August 24; New forum...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 24, 1995 700+ words
...phone numbers, Princeton Review locations and test prep course information...conferences with Princeton Review experts and special...and abroad. The Princeton Review also prepares students...It is the only test-prep company that competes...
