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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s funny how many people swear up and down hat it’s cheating, but nobody can provide a source. [/quote]

+1. It’s just a way to rationalize why their kid didn’t do better.

The scores raise marginally on retakes but just because of familiarity with the test. For most tests taken at school there’s a mock up session for this purpose.

The test shouldn’t be taken less than 6 months apart but that only has to do with the bank of questions, there’s a limited number and questions may repeat.

There are countless studies on SAT and other tests that prepping doesn’t help much. But to each his own, prep if you think your child needs it, don’t if you feel it’s not appropriate. My view is that it’s a waste of time past 2-3 familiarization sessions, and I think it’s better to develop actual skills like math and reading that are much more useful in the child’s academic career.[/quote]

I know. The service we hired would only guarantee a 200-point improvement, but I'm told with some work you can easily bring up 300.[/quote]

You need to understand the difference between fact and advertising, otherwise I have some enlargement pills to sell you. They are guaranteed to work![/quote]

I know my kid's SAT score went up 300 after Princeton Review. The prep really made a difference.[/quote]

You are lying.

Carefully done research has shown that the increase in SAT scores through coaching is 10-20 points. Here is a review with scientific papers as references.

https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/sat-prep-courses-do-they-work-bias.html[/quote]
DP The studies cited in the article are based on limited information and their findings should not be assumed for all students. Study limitations: 1) Students self-report whether they prepared for the SAT. Self-reporting is known to introduce many biases. Often students that do well don't want to acknowledge they prepared and students that didn't do well may want to show they that tried. 2) There is no way to know the intensity of use. Some students may have purchased a book but opened it once. Some may have enrolled in a course and used it once. Other students may have prepared for hours with their materials. Thus, a yes/no for preparation with no indication of usage is a poor proxy. 3) Studies look at the improvement from PSAT to SAT. But many students begin to prepare before the PSAT so the test scores would miss the initial improvement coming into the PSAT.

Individual students are best placed to know if these courses work. They know their test scores before preparing and those afterward. Large scale studies miss all the sub details needed to make that assessment. The popularity of test preparation indicates that it is more useful than what the article suggests. Families listen to friends' experiences; if they're shelling out money, it's because they have heard friends report that it works.[/quote]

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