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The Best Test Preparation for the SAT II, Subject Test, Writing (REA Test Preps)

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I am an English teacher, writer and translator, and I work with students preparing for the SAT II Writing Test. I ordered this title, by authors Conner and Hixon, in the hopes that it would provide either good review material or good practice tests. As I worked through the book, I found quite a few typographical errors and some badly written test questions. I also found at least one contradiction: a grammar rule given in the review material is broken by the authors themselves later on in the book. My feeling is that the book was rushed to press without adequate proofing. Careless production from a publisher of educational books is highly unacceptable. Unless this book has been checked for errors, revised and reprinted, I cannot recommend it to anyone.

Best review? More like the worst. Too bad there isn't a 0 star rating. The books practice tests (well REA's practice tests in general) are terrible. I think the last time anyone from the REA took a real AP or SAT test was back in the 1970s or something. The review section is helpful just in terms of basic grammar, but this book is not an effecient way to study.