Wow. Someone who values their kids more than money is likened to the Boston bombers? Weird. Such a comparison is inappropriate, to say the least, and trivializes an event that was horrific for the victims and their families and friends. |
Some of the kids talk about these things at school, so, many times the teachers can tell which kids have been "test prepped." |
Your bellyaching and stirring the pot is what I find inappropriate. |
AAP test prep is nothing but a drop in the bucket compared to SOL test prep. Teachers spend weeks of student's time prepping for the SOL tests. |
And that is a drop in the bucket compared to TJ test prep. Many outfits around here offer year-long courses. Any there are many others who start earlier than 8th grade prepping for the TJ admissions process. So it's a multi-year test prep marathon for some students. |
Teachers and posters in this forum go apoplectic about a few parents doing AAP test prep but have no problem at all with an entire class wasting hours and days of time practicing for SOL tests to boost the school and teachers rankings. Shameful, unethical. hypocrites. |
Sounds like every one in FCPS is doing "test prep", the schools, the teachers, the students, the parents and the tutors. I do it, you do it, he, she and it does it. We all do it. Even dcummies do it. |
The anti AAP test prep hypocrites would never complain about the school gaming the system to boost SOL scores because it benifits their kids. Practicing the SOL reading prompts in advance of the test while at school? Nope, nothing wrong with that. Hey, did I tell you that my kid goes to the 3rd most highly ranked elementry school in VA? |
I haven't read all 87 pages, but what constitutes prepping? We live in DC, so testing well does not do us any immediate good. However, I have always worked with my child on many skills, such as reading, writing, math, and testing. Whether we like it or not, the ability to take standardized tests is an important one to have in our lives. I actually think that it gives you more than just a score. I think that it helps you learn to frame issues, narrow options, and understand the meaning behind questions. I don't think it is a skill to be disregarded, so of course I will ensure that my child gets experience early and often (although never to the detriment of the other skills that she needs to learn; I am not advocating replacing traditional teaching with testing). |
Completely agree with PP. Testing well requires skills that transfers very well to real world jobs that value quick analysis. |
Please go back and read the prior 87 pages of this thread. It will answer all your questions, and more. If, and only if, you still have a question, you can post. Thank you. |
Why should the poster waste her time? The poster is very bright and hit the nail with the hammer right on the head. It is unnecessary to read in reverse. It would be an utter waste of time. She has correctly come to the conclusion many posters have arrived at. |
The quotes below never gets old in this forum. Really, they don't.
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We can hide in our country clubs. |
This person is such a racist! |