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As another bar exam approaches, the fallout from July’s test is still wide-ranging, and well-suited for coverage by business journalists. (Photo via Pixabay.com) The bar exam in the United States, the latest edition of which will be administered Feb. 23-24, is a rite of passage for law school graduates. The test, which serves as their final academic obstacle to entering the legal profession, is older than the country itself. This gives the impression that it is a thoroughly ingrained traditio...

People do in doing an application and closing your fingers? >> i thought it couldnt be more intense. there was no big test prep industry. the people that charge $50,000 just to hold your hand from the 8th grade to the 12th grade and help you make every decision so you will impress the committee alt harvard. there is a woman that runs a weekend essay refinement thing. $14,000 for three days. those seminars are over subscribed. >> arent these rich peoples problems? i hear about this it seems very ...

An essay that nonetheless is factually incorrect. that needs to be fixed and clearly is going to be. but the s.a.t. maintains this test is biased, in favor of students from wealthier families. wealthy kids can take some expensive prep classes, if not private tutoring, take the test multiple times. do you think this is going to level out the playing field, all these changes? >> i think these are important steps towards a test that will help with those issues. is it perfect? i dont think so. i thi...

Were taken. police are still trying to figure out where they got the pot. the s.a.t., that high-stakes test endured by generations of high school students hoping to go to college is getting a makeover. the test has been getting longer and the test prep industry bigger and bigger. so will the latest tweaks be an improvement? here is abcs cecilia vega. >> reporter: its the test taken by millions of americans every generation for over 80 years, now changing to become more modern, relevant and fai...

Saying what disciplinary actions were taken. police are still trying to figure out where they got the pot. the s.a.t., that high-stakes test endured by generations of high school students hoping to go to college is getting a makeover. the test has been getting longer and the test prep industry bigger and bigger. so will the latest tweets be an improvement? here is abcs cecilia vega. >> reporter: its the test taken by millions of americans every generation for over 80 years, now changing to bec...

Among the planned changes. by 2016, the s.a.t. will be available in both paper and digital form. it will return to a top score of 1,600. the essay portion will become optional, and no more penalties for long answers. the biggest potential losers in the overhaul, the test prep industry, which rakes in about $4.5 billion a year, helping the well-healed boost their kidsç scores. heres the kicker. theyre partnering with the most popular online educational website in the world to offer free prep ma...

You take a simple test to get in, all the kids from the five bureaus and a test prep industry has grown up around that. $90,000 cram schools to get into the test. youre at the level playing field we imagined the foundational part of this dream is being skewered. >> a guy from northwest florida that ive been working up here almost a decade now, its stunning how this community is, that the media community, the political community, everybody really does know everybody, not to bring up a name that w...