But the system is being used by students of all family-income backgrounds, races, and ethnicities, he told reporters.
Salman Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy, told reporters that he and his team worried initially that a free service might be stigmatized as being of little value. He said students who use it aren’t learning quick test-prep strategies, but mastering the academic skills and knowledge that matter-an echo of the guiding idea behind the redesign of the SAT. “Practice is an equal opportunity employer, and it’s free,” College Board President David Coleman said in a conference call with reporters. The correlation of higher scores with more use of the practice system led the College Board to praise it as an important opportunity for students who can’t afford the high pricetags of many test-prep courses.
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