Back when I was in high school, the norm for standardized test preparation was:
SAT: familiarize oneself with the sample questions in the booklet that contained the form to register for the test. If one really wanted to prepare, there were various prep books in the library and prep classes, but using them (particularly the latter) did not seem very common.
Achievement tests (now called SAT subject tests): the associated high school class was the preparation.
AP tests: the associated high school AP class was the preparation.
Is this still the norm, or do students these days typically do lots of additional studying for the standardized tests? It seems that many students and parents posting here are concerned about how to schedule the tests to allow for lots of additional studying for each test, or the amount of time available for such additional studying alongside regular school work and extracurriculars.
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