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"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 ...