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Is College Board Hypocritical?
Submitted by Karl HagenMost Test-Prep Material Sucks (Part 3)
Submitted by Karl HagenThis is the third of a multipart series exploring the proposition that a large percentage of commercial test-preparation material is of scandalously poor quality. If you want to start at the beginning, part one is here.
Most Test-Prep Material Sucks (Part 2)
Submitted by Karl HagenIn part one, I made the rather unoriginal claim that most commercial test-prep material sucks, and suggested that one major reason it's so bad is that doing good work is hard and that there is insufficient financial incentive for publishers to put resources into doing it right.
Most Test-Prep Material Sucks (Part 1)
Submitted by Karl HagenSAT Reading: Now More Coachable Than Ever
Submitted by Karl HagenDebate Badly
Submitted by Karl HagenThe Wake
Submitted by Karl HagenAgainst the recommendation of medievalists I trust, I bought this novel and read about 100 pages before giving up on it. It wasn't that I found the pseudo-Old English incomprehensible. Once upon a time, Old English was my primary field of study, and I got what Kingsworth was trying to do.
The ACT has caught up to the SAT in other ways than number of test takers
Submitted by Karl HagenWhat the Hell Happened to Summa?
Submitted by Karl HagenUpdate 4/10/16: This remainder of this post has been redacted. I strongly believe that everything I wrote was factual and supported by the evidence, and that people deserve more details about what happened to Summa. For the moment, though, I can say nothing more.
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