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From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
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Subject: Re: SAT Practice Software Recommendations?
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Date: Thu, 19-Mar-87 16:24:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 19 16:24:06 1987
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Summary: Just because they SAY it meaures aptitude...
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In article <2189@calmasd.GE.COM> jnp@calmasd.GE.COM (John Pantone) writes:
>Maybe I full of beans - but how can you effectively study for an
>Aptitude test?  Oh sure, you could become more comfortable with the
>"style" and format of the test, but improving your aptitude ??

Just because ETS says that the SAT measures your aptitude doesn't mean
that it does.  I always did far better on ETS tests than I had any right to,
and I firmly believe it's because I grew up in the same town where the ETS
people live, Princeton NJ, and so was culturally more attuned to them and was
more likely to think the way they expected me to on their multiple-guess
questions.  They always denied it, but they kind of had to.

Given that, and also given that SAT prep courses like Stanley Kaplan's have
been shown quite clearly to raise SAT scores, I'd think that a well-designed
prep program could be of some use.

This has nothing to do with computers, though, let's keep this in misc.kids.
-- 
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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