Hooper denied the government's allegations, saying the Colburns believed they were paying Singer for legitimate test preparatory services and thought Riddell was an actual exam proctor.
Take examination preparatory classes, if you do not believe you are qualified to take the exam.
That's when you have your university entrance exams, your preëntrance exams to qualify for the entrance exams, your preparatory classes for the preëntrance exams......
Earlier that day, her son, Joseph, took the preparatory exam for the SAT college entrance test, but like many other children that day, he left the exam in frustration -- mystified by vocabulary words like parallelism and euphemism, words he had never encountered in school.
Juniors will take the PSAT, a preparatory exam for the SAT and the qualifying test for National Merit Scholarships.
Overprotective parents, schools dedicated to acing exams, a college preparatory system that offers zero capacity for error (unless it provides pathos fodder for the application essay) — all of these elements make it hard for the ambitious child to risk a misstep.
And as teachers get better at teaching the complex skills of critical reading, reasoning, and writing, I expect to see much less shutting down on college preparatory exams like the PSAT.
The state will soon require every graduate to pass college preparatory Regents exams in English, math, social studies and science.
This underlies the absurdity of the proposition, supported by certain politicians, that grade promotions and high school graduation should be conditional on passing statewide exams at the college preparatory level.
