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ERIC Number: EJ233233
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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The Effects of Special Preparation on SAT-Verbal Scores.
Alderman, Donald L.; Powers, Donald E.
American Educational Research Journal, v17 n2 p239-51 Sum 1980
Control groups' scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test-Verbal were compared to scores of secondary school students who were exposed to their school's special test preparation programs. Special preparation resulted in an overall difference of eight points on the total score, corresponding to one additional correctly answered item. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Program Effectiveness, Scores, Test Coaching, Test Format, Test Items, Verbal Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test; Test of Standard Written English