Stanley Kaplan: Remembering a Test Prep Pioneer
in the United States -- Kaplan and Princeton Review -- both operate in more than twenty countries. Thirty years ago, the Federal Trade Commission found that Stanley Kaplan's program could raise SAT scores -- but only by about twenty-five points. The association for college admission counseling recently found a thirty-point increase with Kaplan and other programs. Still, the group says this is not enough to make a difference for most students. It might help some get into a top college, but ...
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