book on the results of the tests called A Study of American Intelligence. The first SAT was administered to high school students in 1926. In 1934‚ Harvard started using SAT scores for selecting people for scholarships. Then other Ivy League started using the SAT for scholarship tests. In 1959‚ the ACT was formed. The University of California began to require applicants to take the SAT in 1960 (“History of the SAT”). Colleges began requiring the SAT’s or ACT’s just to enter college. Students take
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2. THE DOUBLE CLUE "But above everything – no publicity‚" said Mr. Marcus Hardman for perhaps the fourteenth time. He repeated the word publicity regularly throughout his conversation. Mr. Hardman was a small man‚ delicately plump‚ with exquisitely manicured hands and a plaintive tenor voice. He was rich‚ but not remarkably so. His hobby was collecting. Old lace‚ old fans‚ antique jewelry were the focus of his interest. Poirot and I‚ obeying Mr. Hardman’s urgent call‚ had arrived at his house. "My
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"I like the SAT‚ but I don’t love it. I wish I could find something that was a more fair and accurate measure" (Cloud‚ par.14). The ACT and SAT should not be used as a requirement for college admission. First off‚ there are a plethora of students that are not good test takers and will crack under pressure. Also‚ these tests are unreliable; there are other things like GPA that can measure a student’s performance. Finally‚ these tests are a disadvantage to foreign exchange students and students that
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Writing task 2 (an essay) Many people say that universities focus only on preparing the graduates for better jobs‚ others say that university studies can benefit widely the individual and the society in which they live. Discuss these two different views and state your opinion. Writing task 2 (an essay) Working from home benefits only the workers‚ not the employers. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Writing task 2 (an essay) Do you believe scientific research should be carried out by government
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Since the early 1900s‚ the SAT test has been administered each year to high school students in the United States of America (College board 1). The SAT is a standardized test based on a students’ proficiency in math reading and writing. In recent years questions has been raised about whether or not the SAT test can be used to measure any high school students’ skills. It has been argued that colleges should not use a simple four-hour test determine someone’s intelligence or future success in
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Unit 4B Task 2 Title Recrystallization of benzoic Acid Aim Equipment 1. Erlenmeyer flask 2. Graduated cylinder 3. Hot plate 4. Small beaker 5. Ice bath (if necessary) 6. Filter paper 7. Buchner funnel 8. Spatula 9. Weighing machine Method 1. Weighing paper was used to weigh approximately 1.00g of ‘impure Benzoic acid to produce re crystallization’. 2. Moved it to a 125ml Erlenmeyer flask. 3. Poured approximately 20ml of distilled water by using a graduated cylinder
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SAT2 Leadership Task 2 Tips Prompt A: 1. Submit the Assignment Designation Form created on the first team meeting. This must be the same form for each member of the team. The form must match the handbook that has been submitted. This should not be submitted until all documents for Task2 are ready to submit at one time for final grading. 2. Submit the final‚ compiled handbook that was created as part of the team exercise. This must be the same for each member of the team. 3.
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Martijn Pas Candidate No. 2613-033 Written Task 2 HL Part 3: Literature - texts and contexts The Relation of Certain Social Groups From the Novel ‘1984’ With Real Social Groups. The lower working class. In a totalitarian environment‚ they can be best described as the group of people without a voice‚ a group that has to live according to the rules of the totalitarian regime‚ which often rules with an iron fist. In an authoritarian system‚ this group does have a larger sphere
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The SAT is that scary test that students generally take later in high school to get into college and hopefully get some scholarship money. The good news is that this test is “standardized;’ which means that when writing the test questions‚ the test makers follow the same patterns‚ profiles‚ and standards by writing similar questions each time. Thus‚ the same skills are tested in exactly the same way without being literally the same questions. Students can then obviously learn these hidden‚ recurring
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250 SAT words Page i About this book This book is a collection of exercises designed to help learners master Sparknotes’ selection of the 250 most difficult SAT words (http://www.sparknotes.com). All the sentences used in the practice questions are adapted from The Free Library (http://www.thefreelibrary.com/)‚ British National Corpus (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/)‚ Collin Cobuilds Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ Webster’s New World Essential Vocabulary (David A. Herzog)‚ and How to Prepare
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