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I am a graduate in English Literature and have a Post Graduate Diploma in English Studies as well. Over 23 years I have taught test prep to undergraduates, graduates, those still in school, software professionals, doctors, engineers, and those working in business. I am here because I did my job.

The makers of standardized tests are clear in their minds about what and how they are going to test. We need to be clear about it too.

There are consistent and underlying patterns in standardized tests, such as the GRE, GMAT and SAT, just as there are underlying patterns in our thinking of which we are not aware. These are the test principles of standardized tests. They are common to all standardized tests though not every principle is tested in every test or with the same degree of complexity.

Every test principle is a rigorous thought pattern akin to a an unbreakable rule. Every such thought pattern has corresponding patterns which appear to be variations of it but which are contrary to it and mutually exclusive from it . They do not conform to the test principle.

When a student recognizes the test principle and the thought process that is evaluated, he is fully able to discern what is different from it and will consider this difference as a trap. Inability to discern the differences between a principle and what is mutually exclusive with it is because of lack of knowledge and application. it is judged to be a failure of reasoning.

The inexhaustible resources of language and subject matter help test makers camouflage the test principles. This fact makes it possible to test the same principle repeatedly. And this is what the test makers do. Although several versions of a test are administered on any test date, the scoring of all these versions are very strongly correlated even though they don't use the same questions.

Therefore a student needs comprehensive and thorough knowledge of these testing principles and this is also when we need to look a" less...