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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Private school test prep company is marketing $500 workbook for public school gifted and talented program entry - NYPOST.com

Private school test prep company is marketing $500 workbook for public school gifted and talented program entry - NYPOST.com



Test prep for the nanny set is heading to public schools.
A Manhattan firm that made waves with its pricey private-school entry-test prepping is moving its model to the city's public-school gifted and talented programs, The Post has learned.

Aristotle Circle is poised to usher in the first $500 workbook for parents bent on seeing their kids score above the 90th percentile on the city's two accelerated-program entrance exams, known as OLSAT and BRSA.

Founders of the program -- which is five to 10 times costlier than its competitors -- say it's not only worth the outlay, but that there's a market for it.

"A matter of points can make or break whether or not their [kids] are admitted," said Aristotle Circle CEO Suzanne Rheault, 40. "If [parents] can get a good to great public school for free then tutoring and test prep is well worth the money."

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