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Stanley H. Kaplan, Founder Of Kaplan Test Prep Centers, Dead At 90

Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers Ltd., the nation's first test preparation company, has died. He was 90. Sta...

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Let's Add SAT Scores Into the Mix When Holding High Schools Accountable

Mike Piscal | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Mike Piscal

High school success needs to be tied to student performance on the SATs, and our high schools should be incentivized to take these additional measurements seriously.

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SAT Coaching Barely Boosts Scores, Study Finds

Wall Street Journal | JOHN HECHINGER | Posted 06.20.2009 | Home

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Families can spend thousands of dollars on coaching to help college-bound students boost their SAT scores. But a new report finds that these test-prep...

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Future Shock and Guffaw for Bookish Bush

Dave Astor | Posted 04.21.2009 | Comedy

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Dave Astor

Given that Bush lacks the writing chops to pen a coherent book by himself, he'll still have plenty of time on his hands while someone else does the authorial heavy lifting. So, how might Dubya spend that time?

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Sarah Palin: Below-Average American

Disgrasian | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

An as-yet-to-be-authenticated, high school transcript of Sarah Palin's was posted on Gawker Thursday, and it's a doozy. Apparently, Sarah Palin scored an 841 out of 1600.

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The Anxiety Business

Eliot Schrefer | Posted 07.20.2008 | Living

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Eliot Schrefer

The College Board is both in the business of test administration and test prep. If this feels inherently unfair, it should -- it's like a doctor whacking your knee with a sledgehammer and then offering to patch you up.

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