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Test-Prep Giant Stanley Kaplan Dead at 90

Founder of test-prep firm challenged thinking about SAT

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2009 9:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Stanley Kaplan, founder of the test-prep behemoth that bears his name, died this weekend of heart failure at age 90, the Washington Post reports. Kaplan’s company not only helped millions of students level the playing field in what he described as a “poor...   Read full story »

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