Evaluating SAT Coaching: Gains, effects and self-selection

Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 217-234

  Briggs, Derek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203463932     Document Type: Chapter

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