http://www.classesandcareers.com/education/2008/01/23/test-prep-classes-which-is-best-for-you/ Education & Career Advice and Tips Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:18:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.classesandcareers.com/education/2008/01/23/test-prep-classes-which-is-best-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 David Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.classesandcareers.com/education/2008/01/23/test-prep-classes-whats-best-for-you/#comment-4662 As College Admissions Becomes Increasingly Competitive, So Do Test-Prep Companies As the importance of SAT scores in the college admissions process continues to grow, so does the demand for private tutoring and test-prep services. Boutique companies are doing their best to compete with test-prep giants like Kaplan and Princeton Review that can afford luxuries like real ScanTron tests to grade students immediately after practice exams. Parliament Tutors, a private tutoring company based in New York City, recently invested in state-of-the-art software to better diagnose students SAT strengths and weaknesses. “We want to be ahead of the curve,” explains Parliament Tutors President, David Greenberg. “We consider ourselves the most forward-thinking private-tutoring service in the nation. Our software engineers have developed a grading program to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses based on their correct and incorrect answers immediately upon submission. Our tutors are trained to respond to these evaluations.” Last year over 1.5 million students took the SAT. College admissions officials are reacting to these SAT advantages by giving increased attention to secondary tests, including Advanced Placement (AP) Exam results and SAT II Subject Test scores. As College Admissions Becomes Increasingly Competitive, So Do Test-Prep Companies
As the importance of SAT scores in the college admissions process continues to grow, so does the demand for private tutoring and test-prep services.
Boutique companies are doing their best to compete with test-prep giants like Kaplan and Princeton Review that can afford luxuries like real ScanTron tests to grade students immediately after practice exams.
Parliament Tutors, a private tutoring company based in New York City, recently invested in state-of-the-art software to better diagnose students SAT strengths and weaknesses. “We want to be ahead of the curve,” explains Parliament Tutors President, David Greenberg. “We consider ourselves the most forward-thinking private-tutoring service in the nation. Our software engineers have developed a grading program to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses based on their correct and incorrect answers immediately upon submission. Our tutors are trained to respond to these evaluations.”
Last year over 1.5 million students took the SAT. College admissions officials are reacting to these SAT advantages by giving increased attention to secondary tests, including Advanced Placement (AP) Exam results and SAT II Subject Test scores.

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