I think teaching the test is common everywhere. I remember the same thing for my GCSEs and A levels (UK pre-university qualifications) growing up, and my Russia

I think teaching the test is common everywhere. I remember the same thing for my GCSEs and A levels (UK pre-university qualifications) growing up, and my Russian partner says it was the same for them in school. For us, the teachers would almost tell us with 100% certainty what was going to be on the test, and what keywords/phrases to include to boost your marks. They also ran us through past papers from previous years, and lo and behold, we had the exact same questions, just worded slightly differently.