The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American educational preparation company. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college admissions. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the Approximately 70% of the company's revenue comes from test preparation. [1]
The company was founded in 1981 by John Katzman, after graduating from Princeton University, and is based in New York City. John Katzman is the founder of The Princeton Review. A graduate of Princeton University, Katzman founded The Princeton Review in 1981, initially Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The City of New York It is not affiliated with Princeton University or the Educational Testing Service. The Educational Testing Service (or ETS) is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization operating on an annual budget of approximately $1
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Test preparation
The Princeton Review offers test preparation courses in various tests:[2][3]
The company offers courses world-wide through company-owned and third-party franchises. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the The SAT Subject Tests is the collective name for 20 Multiple choice Standardized tests given on individual subjects The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test is a multiple-choice Standardized test administered by the College Board and National Advanced Placement examinations are taken each May by students at participating Canadian American and international educational institutions The ACT is a standardized achievement Examination for college admissions in the United States produced by ACT Inc Graduate Record Examination or GRE is a commercially-run Standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many Graduate schools principally in the The Law School Admission Test ( LSAT) is an examination administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC that attempts to measure logical and verbal reasoning GMAT redirects here for other uses see GMAT (disambiguation. The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT pronounced G-mat is The Medical College Admission Test, commonly known as the MCAT, is a computer-based Standardized examination for prospective Medical students The United States Medical Licensing Examination or USMLE is a multi-part professional Exam sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB and The Test of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFLs, pronounced "toe-full" or sometimes "toy-ful" evaluates the potential success of an individual to use Secondary School Admission Test, or SSAT, is an admissions test administered to students in grades 5-11 to help determine placement into independent or private The Independent School Entrance Examination, or ISEE, is an Entrance exam used by many Independent schools and Magnet schools in the United The NCLEX-RN ( N ational C ouncil L icensure EX amination- R egistered N urse is a Computer-adaptive test (CAT of The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT is an examination administered to eighth and ninth grade students residing in New York City and used to determine admission Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's Philosophy of business. Countries with Princeton Review franchises include China, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Singapore Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches [4]
The Princeton Review offers both private tutoring and classroom courses. SAT courses guarantee an improvement in scores. [5]
College admissions
The Princeton Review Bookstore[6] publishes various guides to colleges, including The Best 366 Colleges, the Complete Book of Colleges, and the Parents' Guide to College Life. It also publishes test preparation books for various exams.
The Princeton Review website provides free advice and tools for college admissions. [7] It also provides the rankings from The Best 366 Colleges, including "Top 20" lists in categories such as "Professors Get High Marks", "Happiest Students", and "Dorms Like Dungeons". [8]
The admissions division also offers services to high school guidance departments[9] and colleges[10].
K–12
The Princeton Review's K–12 and Admissions Services division provides assessment, intervention and professional development programs to school districts. [11]
Recent Internal Criticism
The company has recently come under fire for its decision in early 2008 to reduce hourly wages and monetary compensation for its teachers to such a degree that many tenured employees experienced up to a 40% pay reduction for in-classroom duties. The company explained to those affected that "some of the current policies, while generous, were not sustainable. These changes were not made lightly, but before we can fix the Princeton Review house, we must fix the foundation. " This reformulation of pay practices ostensibly contravenes what employees were told in early 2007 -- that teachers have always been the company's most important asset and that monetary compensation must properly reflect this belief. Proper compensation, many teachers have recently argued, is rhetoric at first blush noble but ultimately vacuous, as the company shows little remorse or restraint in redefining this term in whatever way necessary to appease shareholders. Because these recent compensation changes have most adversely affected those with the greatest teaching experience, some argue the company is transitioning to a more replicable product and away from intangibles such as great teachers that have historically differentiated its test preparation from that of oft-criticized companies such as Kaplan.
References
- ^ Third Quarter Earnings
- ^ Test preparation
- ^ More tests
- ^ International Offices of The Princeton Review
- ^ Our guarantee
- ^ College bookstore
- ^ Colleges and careers
- ^ Best 361 Colleges rankings
- ^ Guidance support & test preparation
- ^ Admissions center
- ^ http://www.princetonreview.com/educators/instructional/default.asp K–12 Educators
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