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I agree with most of your post. I do see a distinction between buying a book on Amazon and doing a few sections of it, and taking a three or four week long intensive prep course. It's all still prep, but one is closer to the level of prep they do in class, to familiarize all kids with the questions. The other is taking multiple practice exams and figuring out test taking tricks. I hate the arms race and think it's incredibly damaging for kids. A practice workbook, however, is far less pressure and stress inducing than a private test prep tutor.[/quote]

I don't think there's nearly as big of a distinction between the two, other than that one group is wasting more time and money for about the same test advantage.  Reasonably speaking, all of the prep in the world will only raise a kid's score about 10 points.  Mild prep is enough to teach familiarity with the types of questions being asked, how to approach them, and tricks to solve them.  There's a point where more prep isn't going to improve a kid's understanding that much.  I wouldn't be surprised if the advantage of a prep course vs. an Amazon workbook is like 3 points.  [/quote]

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