Test Pilot: How I Broke Testing Barriers

Stanley Kaplan spoke about his autobiography, Test Pilot: How I Broke Testing Barriers for Millions of Students and Caused a Sonic Boom in the Business of Education, published by Simon and Schuster. He described founding what would become the Kaplan Center in 1938 by tutoring students in the basement of his parents' home in Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Kaplan started his first SAT preparatory class in 1946 which would be the basis for future test preparation courses. He talked about his creation of an empire in the field of educational test preparation. After the presentation the author answered questions from members of the audience. close