Coaching for the SAT: Summary of the Summaries and an Update.

Powers, Donald E.

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ERIC Number: EJ466329

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Publication Date: 1993

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Coaching for the SAT: Summary of the Summaries and an Update.

Powers, Donald E.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v12 n2 p24-30,39 Sum 1993

Several available summaries of research on coaching for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are described, and their principal findings are discussed. Several additional studies are reviewed, and their findings are related to the summaries. Overall, the effects of coaching may be less than many students suppose. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Course Evaluation, High School Students, High Schools, High Stakes Tests, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology, Scores, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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