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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Besides being recalibrated, how many kids had SAT prep classes/ tutors to prepare them for the test 25 years ago? [/b]How many do now, especially at the wealthier MCPS schools?

How many kids took timed standardized tests on a regular basis 25 years ago as compared to kids today who are constantly tested since they are little? So all these  students have also gotten additional practice in test taking and test taking strategies.

This along with the ubiquitous SAT prep of today’s students accounts for some of that increase in SAT scores. Not the excellent education that MCPS is providing.[/quote]

I and almost all of my friends took SAT prep classes (not expensive one on one tutoring, but affordable group classes) in the 80s, and we were in a mostly blue collar, middle class school (real middle class, not DCUM $400K self-professed “middle class”). Our families understood how important SAT scores were for college, prioritized our education and didn’t just dig in their heels and demand that public schools be all things for their children.[/quote]

Yes, I can also attest to this. Born and raised in Montgomery County.[/quote]

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