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Coaching has a significant result on SAT scores
Coaching has a significant result on SAT scores
Oxford study suggests that candidates taking SAT in the US should consider coaching.
Candidates taking SAT, the standard primary entrance exam for college admissions in the US, should consider the benefits of coaching. An Oxford study shows that pupils who had received coaching had significantly higher test scores in verbal and maths tests for the SAT than those who had not had any form of coaching.
The study, led by Paul Montgomery, Reader in Psycho-Social Intervention in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, suggests an even greater effect of coaching on the improvement of SAT scores than previous research has shown.
'Systematic reviews of the effects of preparatory courses on university entrance examinations in high school-age students' by Paul Montgomery and Jane Lilly is published in the International Journal of Social Welfare.
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