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If Students Need to Know It, It’s in This Book
This book develops the mathematics skills of high school students. It builds skills that will help them succeed in school and on the New York Regents Exams.

Why The Princeton Review?
We have more than twenty years of experience helping students master the skills needed to excel on standardized tests. Each year we help more than 2 million students score higher and earn better grades.

We Know the New York Regents Exams
Our experts at The Princeton Review have analyzed the New York Regents Exams, and this book provides the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched practice possible. We break down the test into individual skills to familiarize students with the test’s structure, while increasing their overall skill level.

We Get Results
We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide

·content review based on New York standards and objectives
·a glossary of the important terms to know
six complete practice New York Regents Exams in Mathematics A ... Read more

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If Students Need to Know It, It’s in This Book
This book develops the chemistry skills of high school students. It builds skills that will help them succeed in school and on the New York Regents Exams.

Why The Princeton Review?
We have more than twenty years of experience helping students master the skills needed to excel on standardized tests. Each year we help more than 2 million students score higher and earn better grades.

We Know the New York Regents Exams
Our experts at The Princeton Review have analyzed the New York Regents Exams, and this book provides the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched practice possible. We break down the test into individual skills to familiarize students with the test’s structure, while increasing their overall skill level.

We Get Results
We know what it takes to succeed in the classroom and on tests. This book includes strategies that are proven to improve student performance. We provide

·a breakdown of the skills based on New York standards and objectives
·hundreds of practice questions, organized by skill
·two complete practice New York Regents Exams in Physical Setting/Chemistry ... Read more

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Writing can often seem an unwelcome chore for students and test-takers—and this workbook offers special help in that area. The author’s easy-to-follow instruction on essay writing and her concise grammar review help students master the GED High School Equivalancy Test’s Writing Skills, Parts I and II. This manual also includes practice questions and sample essays with enlightening analyses. ... Read more

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Excellent book for those who need to polish their writing.
The book is very well organized and provides the reader with quick reference to common writing problems.The author does an excellent job at communicating the ideas clearly.For those studying for the GED or wanting to polish their writing skills, this book offers all this and more. ... Read more

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SSAT/ISEE Success provides comprehensive preparation for the two most common private school admission exams, the upper-level SSAT and ISEE tests. The book includes in-depth subject review for verbal analysis, mathematics, reading comprehension, writing strategies, and grammar with extensive examples and practice questions. ... Read more

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Full of mistakes
This book is a garbage. The answers are totally wrong! ... Read more

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The new edition of Let's Review Math A and Barron's Regents Exams and Answers, Math A are combined in a two-book package.Purchase of this two-book Power Pack represents a retail savings of $2.95 as compared to the price of books purchased separately.

This major revision prepares students to succeed on the New York State Math A Regents Exam as it is now given. The book places increased emphasis on use of the graphing calculator, and in line with New York State Regents core curriculum, it shows how given problems can be solved in several different ways. The author also includes new Regents question types dealing, for instance, with motion problems and mathematical systems defined by tables. The totally rewritten chapter on problem-solving offers students a core set of strategies that apply to curriculum-related exercises. In addition to subject review, practice questions and exercises, the book also presents some complete recent Math A Regents exams with answers. ... Read more

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Great Review For The Regents
Great practice for the Regents. ... Read more

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Reading Essentials for the Pre-GED Student is part of a five-book series (Math, Spelling, Grammar, and Writing are the others) aimed at students who intend to take the GED but require more basic preparation than that offered by our GED prep books.Of the 860,000 adults who participated in the GED program in 2000, approximately 600,000 were considered pre-GED—that is, they read at a 5th-8th-grade level. These adults often repeat their pre-GED courses three times.Our book will cover much the same material as our GED prep books, but at a slightly lower level and presented in a user-friendly, motivating manner. ... Read more

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The most comprehensive Spanish GED guide.Totally revised for the January 2004 testChanges:with a new emphasis on information processing, critical analysis, creativethinking, and problem solving.The test changes will reflect the same changes that weremade to the English language GED. The exercises and drills provide hands-on practicefor every type of test question.Complete with in-depth reviews for each subject exam: language arts, reading; language arts, writing; mathematics; science; social studies. ... Read more

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Full of errors!
This book is full of errors and does not reflect the changes in the new exam. I teach GED students, and I am extremely disappointed with this book.

Excelente textbook for the Hispanics GED Students
The importance of this textbook, GED en Español 2004, by Gines Serran-Pagan et al, (Arco, 2004), is basically the dedication of its authors to create a material addressed to the Hispanic population in the United States. Other textbooks on Ged in Spanish published by Barron's and MacGrow Hill are mere translations from Ged English textbooks which were written and conceived for the Angloamerican student without any consideration to the Hispanics.

The Arco's GED en Español 2004 is the pioneer material, the first ever published on this area of adult education. The authors have created the infrastructure of the GED material in Spanish and they made history creating this textbook. Their merit radicates in their devotion to help the Hispanic adult student in the United States, reinforcing the Hispanic culture and history, and at the same time serving as a guide to help teachers and students to cover all the areas of the new 2004 GED test. More than one million Hispanics have used this textbook in the United States. ... Read more

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Your complete guide to a higher score on the new GED test

Passing the GED examination is important to you, and CliffsTestPrep GED can help. The techniques and strategies that students and adults have found most effective in preparation programs at 26 universities, county offices of education, and school districts make this book your key to success on the GED.

In this book, you'll find lots of practial advice, plenty of practice problems, plus directions on how to start reviewing. If you want to do your best on the GED Examination, follow the CliffsTestPrep GED step-by-step approach to success. ... Read more

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This study guide prepares a student to take the mathematics section of the new GED test. It contains special sections on the gridded questions and the use of the calculator.

Content Reviewed
• Fractions
• Decimals
• Percents
• Number Relations
• Geometry
• Algebra
• Coordinate Geometry
• Graphs & Charts
• How to Answer Grid Questions
• How to Use the Calculator

Comex Systems, Inc. has over 30 years experience preparing people to take and pass the GED test. ... Read more

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How to Pick a Perfect Private School offers parents a complete guide to every aspect of private schools. From military academies to country day schools, the various categories of schools are covered in detail, including: the advantages private schools offer; how to finance private school education; how to determine a child's educational needs; the criteria for evaluating a school; how to determine the financial condition of a school; and what to look for during the campus visit. Also includes a new section giving parents a public-school option, describing magnet schools, high-tech schools and a handful of academic "super schools." With a fully updated appendix on "Member Schools of the National Association of Independent Schools." ... Read more

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More Social Support Than Information
If you are the kind of parent who believes your children can be wonderful hood ornaments on the vehicle of your personal success, this is the book for you.

The author abhors public schools because, as he says, they have to accept EVERYBODY (ugh!). He favors and supports boarding school education for children as young as first grade (only about five years old) so that they can live in a warm, morally consistent (but unloving) environment all year long, and because he feels that the child and his parents will then share only happy memories of carefree summers and holidays, with none of that messy and mutually irritating go-clean-up-your-room-and-do-your-homework fuss and muss.

In other words, he seems to believe that children are better raised by goal-oriented institutions, who see their students as a product being readied for the marketplace, than by their parents rearing their own offspring as a gesture of love and tenderness.

As a teacher, and as aparent of private-school kids, I found the author's attitude completely offensive, and I have to say that this is the kind of material that gives private-school families a bad name. I would have given it a "1" rating -- especially because the author supports his point of view with speciously derived and manipulated statistics -- but undoubtedly there are parents who do subscribe to his point of view, and will benefit from this book.

Biased, but somewhat helpful
Despite a virulent anti-public school bias, Unger's guide to picking a private school has some helpful information and tips on choosing a private school. Frankly, however, anyone who needs this type of hand-holding to get through the private school application process, is probably not private school material. Unger's best tip is to buy the Peterson's guide to secondary schools.

Everything A Parent or Student Would Want To Know...
The perfect mannual for any parent considering sending their child to a private school. The book will be especially useful to families with older children who are considering going to baording school. The book covers issues concerning the application process, questions parents should ask, visting the school, and different types of schools including military school, schools for the gifted, and schools for the learning disabled. There's also a short listing of schools in the back listed by state grade, whether or not their coeducational, boarding schools, schools for the disabled, military schools, etc. However, you'll need a private school directory such as Peterson's in order to find out any info. about the schools. ... Read more

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The choice of GED educators and students

This book has been specifically designed to prepare you to pass the GED test. It contains the most up-to-date information to provide the bestlearning in the shortesttime, whether you need a great deal of in-depth preparartion or a quick refresher in the five subject areas.

Features:

Combines thoroughness with versatility and ease of use.

Covers all five subject areas (including the recently added essay test(--color-coded for quick reference.

Abundant test material--Pretests, Minitests, Posttests--to help you analyze your performance at every stage of preparation with detailed answer explanations to help you understand why you were right or wrong.

Instructional, color-tinted columns within each fubjedt area--provide information, helpful hints, special terms, and practice exercises.

Concentration on thinking and writing skills--development from the ground up.

Clear esplanations of:

Whois eligible to take the GED

Whatsubjects does the GED cover

Whenshould the test be taken

Whereis the test given

Whyshould you consider taking the GED

Howwill the test be scored

Test-taking tips on--solving test items, increasing study time, building self-confidence.

Exclusive features:

Coming-to-terms--carefully selected, highlighted terms, whose meanings really help you understand a subject or a skill.

Warm-ups--exercises to check your understanding of new concepts before you go on to the sample test items on each page.

Time management chart--to better organize your valuable time.

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Studying the G.E.D.
I just want to said I had my first exprenice with using the materials from the Pass The G.E.D Book. I am using it to help assist others study for their G.E.D. The reason I am give this a rating of 3 stars is because the colors in the book to do copy good when you want to copy pages from it. The picture draft do not show clear after you make a copy. ... Read more

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Higher Score Guaranteed!

Kaplan's guides to the New York State Regents Exams come complete with a comprehensive review of all the tested material plus Kaplan's exclusive test-taking strategies. This powerful combination makes the New York State Regents Exam: U.S. History and Government, Second Edition, a highly effective way for you to score higher on this very challenging test.

Are you ready for the New York State Regents U.S. History and Government exam? You will be with Kaplan's proven plan for success.

STEP 1:
Take a Diagnostic Test:
The results of this test will outline your strengths and weaknesses. You will find out the exact areas on which you need to focus your preparation.

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Review the Tested Material:
Kaplan takes you through each section step-by-step, providing you with effective tips and strategies to successfully answer every type of question.

STEP 3:
Practice with Real Regents Exams:
Practice makes perfect. And with this book, you'll practice with the real thing -- actual Regents exams, including detailed explanations for every answer and an analysis of your performance.

STEP 4:
Succeed on the Test:
Follow Kaplan's plan for success on the Regents and you will score higher. In fact, we guarantee it. ... Read more

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Prepare to earn college credit at more than 2,900 participating colleges and universities

Every year more and more students save countless hours and dollars through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). These comprehensive examinations are used to award full college credit for demonstrating college-level achievement in a variety of areas and subjects. This new edition offers valuable advice from The College Board about how CLEP can help shorten the path to a college degree. With free CD-ROM, this is the only study guide that helps prepare students for the CLEP computer-based test.

CLEP Sampler CD Included
All Thirty-four CLEP Exams Included
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Other books are better!
While it is true that this book does contain some sample questions, so do other books available on Amazon. Several other books are much, much better than this one. The sample computer test information is free at collegeboard.com. If you are well versed in your area of study, then this book may help with sample questions.

However, if you need to study and can not afford to waste money with every clep book, that this is the wrong book for you.

If you have limited funds, and want a better study guide, purchase "Cracking the Clep" Princeton Review. You get alot more information for your money.

Other books that are better than this one are the Comex books and the study books from REA.

All of these books are available on Amazon, and will do you better than this book. If you can afford to buy every book, and need a comfort zone, than by all means, get this one too.

Just don't expect any of the questions in this book to actually be on the test. They won't. You need to either know or learn the concepts that the questions represent.

Worthless CD - Why Did They Bother?
While this book does a good job of covering the questions and subject matter of the 34 CLEP examinations, the fact that the administration of the exam is now computer-based creates a desire for practice experience that simulates the actual test environment. Students who select this book expecting that the accompanying CD-ROM will include such simulated practice exams will be in for a major disappointment, however, because the CD contains little more than a canned orientation to the computer interface. The publishers don't help much by adding a somewhat vague description of the CD's content in the text; and on the actual CD there are menus that go through subject areas and subject exam titles, but they all lead to the same generic tutorial that has nothing to do with the subject content!! It's like you're being conned. For the 2004 edition, the College Board should make a simple choice: omit the CD (and drop the price of the book) or put real practice exams on it.

CLEP 2003
I found this CLEP guide to be somewhat helpful. One good point is that it prepared me for the actual test format. The CD is not very useful - it basically just shows you how to navigate the computer-based CLEP exam.

CD was a disappointment
While the tests appear to be comprehensive in the book, the CD was a total disappointment. There are no sample questions on the CD at all, only a tutorial for taking a multiple choice test on the computer.

Another disappointment was the lack of relation between the results on the practice tests and what is necessary to pass the tests. While the book has shown me a couple of areas I need to study, I don't feel it is preparing me to take the tests.

Wish me luck!!

Very Useful for the CLEP Subject Exams
If you are going to take any of the CLEP subject exams, and especially the CLEP exam Info Systems and Computer Applications, then you might want to consider getting this book. While it does cover the CLEP general exams, there are several very good guides out there that would probably be better. However, there are no decent guides for the Info Systems exam and just a few for the other various subject exams.

Having taken the CLEP Info Systems exam and using this book as my only source of study questions, I can attest that the sample test in the book is very close to what you can expect on the exam. Incidentally, I passed.

I have taken other CLEP subject exams and while there are some very good study guides out there, this book should also be used as a source of sample test questions as they all seem to be very close to the actual exam.

Overall, this book gives an accurate representation on what you can expect if you are going to take any of the CLEP exams. ... Read more

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Twenty-five years before the Manhattan Project created the town of Los Alamos, the Pajarito Plateau was home to an elite prep school for boys, ages twelve to eighteen. The Los Alamos Ranch School combined a robust outdoor life and a carefully cultivated wilderness experience with a rigorous academic program and the structured discipline of a Boy Scout troop, perfectly mirroring the Progressive Era's quest for perfection.

John Wirth's father, Cecil, taught at the school and directed its summer camp. John spent his early childhood at the school along with his brother Tim, later a U.S. Senator from Colorado. Drawing on oral accounts, memoirs, and archival documents, as well as John's firsthand knowledge and family lore, the authors situate the school within the educational trends of the day and New Mexico's cultural milieu.

Wirth and Aldrich examine the influence of the school's controversial director, Albert J. Connell, who was roundly disliked by two of the best-known students, Gore Vidal and William S. Burroughs. Many other students reported their time at the school to be a profoundly positive, often life-changing, experience. Additional chapters recount the growing-up experiences of ranch workers' children and the role the school played in their lives and those of area residents. ... Read more

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Educational consultant Irvin provides useful information for parents on public and private schools in the Washington DC area. ... Read more

Reviews (4)

Waste of time
Trolling the school web sites gave me more information than this book. It's very factual and really doesn't get into school character, etc.

Not Helpful At All
This book is just fine if all you want is the private school closest to you, or want very cut and dry facts which you can find for free at the schools websites or in their prospectus. If you are looking for insider information, or anything to tell you what the school is really like, look elsewhere. I recommend saving your money for your kid's education.

Extremely Informative
On returning to live in the DC area with two small children after having lived in another part of the country, I picked up this book and found a wealth of useful information about schools. The book not only gives practical information, but provides thoughtful and rare insight into the various strengths and weaknesses of each school, as well as valuable guidance on how to pick the best school for a particular child. I recommend this book highly.

Very Helpful!
Indispensable guide for Washington area parents considering public & private schools. Practical, Thoughtful & User Friendly. ... Read more