Further evidence that coaching brings significant, though modest gains

Inside Higher Ed talks about the numerically modest, yet significant in terms of admissions, gains that are made on standardized tests via coaching.

"Test Prep, to What End?
May 20, 2009

The extent to which the SAT is coachable has long been central to debates about the ethics of the test. After all, if tutoring programs that cost money help scores, there is an obvious issue of who will be able to afford such an advantage. For years, the College Board insisted that the SAT was not coachable and, more recently, the board has said that gains from test prep services are modest(complete article here)..."