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Download full textFederal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1978
A non-experimental design was used to determine if scores of students enrolled in specified major coaching schools were significantly higher than scores of comparable uncoached groups. Score increases at two Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) coaching schools and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) schools were compared. Over 1,400 SAT examinees and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, High Schools
Beal, Judy – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Describes a system employed by a middle school to improve performance scores on the Comprehensive Testing of Basic Skills (CTBS), through aggressive attitude changes, to ensure fiscal and other benefits. Notes characteristics of the approach, including realistic goals, student involvement, student responsibility, community involvement, student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Attitude Change, Educational Testing
