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PrepMe Offers Free SAT Prep for the State of Maine

Flag As Inappropriatefhaugen fhaugen over 3 years ago about PrepMe

Maine made the SAT mandatory to graduate from high school, and this company stepped up to offer free online SAT prep for the whole state.

There’s a news coverage video here with the Governor of Maine: http://www.wcsh6.com/video/news/playe…

They also have a big banner on their homepage announcing it: www.prepme.com

I think this is REALLY cool. The Governor talks about how this levels the playing field by giving high quality test prep access to many students who couldn’t have afforded it before. I think he hit the nail on the head.

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bob_calder
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Maine first piloted the OLPC project to assess the impact of the technology on educational institutions and students. Now they are making the natural move to use college entrance measurements to measure progress toward readiness instead of the minimal standards testing put in place by the NCLB which is pretty much useless. It’s no surprise when you talk to them. There is very little edu-speak.

bob_calder over 3 years ago

gooddeedslover
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I don’t know much about this company but it’s nice to see a start-up taking the lead in doing big things. I think it’s good to see that Maine is pushing students in this direction given that traditional industries seem to be fishing, logging, and tourism. Making kids take the SAT makes them at least think about college and this Prepme company is helping them get good scores.

gooddeedslover over 3 years ago

cricket39
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My buddy just forwarded this to me. Cool stuff Prepme! I just read it up on their blog too: http://www.prepme.com/blog/blog.php

cricket39 over 3 years ago

johnson80
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It is very impressive for a start-up to take the lead and do something that benefits the community like this. Good job prepme

johnson80 over 3 years ago

skyking
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DO this Nationwide & add: ACT Testing, Law school Testing, SAT Testing & Vocational Apptitude Testing for adults & others. Yes Im In. Online or at HS JC, Univ, College, Agency, . Yes.

skyking over 3 years ago

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