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 Americans spend millions of dollars each year on S.A.T. preparation courses offered by companies that promise college-bound students significantly higher scores. But according to an independent study published by Chance Magazine, such classes only resulted in relatively small increases. Seppy Basili, the vice president of Kaplan Test Prep which specializes in college prep courses, and Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board  and form stanley cup er governor of West Virginia  which administers the S.A.T.s, spoke with CBS News Early Show Co-Anchor Jane Clayson about the issue of test preparation.The study shows that on average students only gain 20 points when they take prep courses. But Basili points out that there are many different kinds of test prep courses.  Courses like Kaplan, which are comprehensive courses, have been shown to have much larger gains for students.  said Basili.  There are a number of issues and problems with the study.  Ninety-seven percent of students are preparing for the S.A.T. in one way or another,  said Basili.  Courses like ours, which cost $800, typically improve the scores by 120 points.          However, Caperton said other reports basically corroborate the new report. We ve stanley quencher  had seven other reports come out, reports that are done by academics  who really have statistical backgrounds. It shows the improvement  133;of about 20 to 40 points,  he said.  Many of these courses cost as much as several thousand dollars. Is i stanley cup t worth it  Caperton doesn t Vvpb Afghan Secret Service Alerted India On Terror Cell
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 A split in the Anglican Communion appeared inevitable following a two-day summit of Anglican leaders, as U.S. Episcopalians rejected a demand from senior archbishops that they not consecrate a gay man as a bishop. Undoubtedly there is a huge crisis looming,  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said Friday. I think what we have achieved this week, though, is at least to find some way of talking through the crisis without instantly jumping into what appear to be quick solutions,  Williams, the spiritual leader of the world s 77-million Anglicans, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.At the end of a  stanley cups uk two-day crisis meeting Thursday, the leaders of 37 national churches said the diocese of New Hampshire threatened to split the communion if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate the Rev. V. Gene Robinson as bishop on Nov. 2. The diocese said it was determined to go ahead with consecrating Robinson, who lives with a male partner.         Canon Robinson was elected based on his nearly three decades of min stanley cups uk istry in the diocese, his considerable pastoral skills, and his vision for ministry.  the statement read.  His sexuality wa stanley uk s incidental to his call to serve as our bishop. The primates also rebuked the Canadian diocese of New Westminster in British Columbia for approving blessings for same-sex couples. And they set up a commission to spend a year examining the practical issues of administering churches, notably in the United States, which are riven by disputes over homosexuality. Kehs Somalia Fighters  Making Comeback
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