I am so impressed by your kids

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Anonymous wrote:This is just to say I am extremely impressed by your kids who get >130 in NNAT/Cogat. I sometimes find it to be unreal to finish those test at 99%. I might not able to get that score now lol
Those kids are really genius. You all must be so proud. Congrats!
Btw, mine gets around 80%. I think she is happy at her local school.

Just keep in mind that there is a range in development. When my oldest was in 2nd, he got a ZERO on his standardized tests (we were not in FCPS at the time) because he couldn't read AT ALL and didn't know his basic math facts. He's now in middle school, a voracious reader and problem solver.

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I agree. Children develop at different stages.

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Thanks for the reminder OP that 99 percentile is pretty amazing (prep or no). I agree that you can’t take a 100 kid and turn him into a 135 kid with some prepping. A 135 may also not say anything more than the kid is amazing at taking this particular test. But it’s an achievement nonetheless. Also undoubtedly true that the 135 kid may not amount to much later on. It’s all good.

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Didn’t prep and wouldn’t. But is it easier to prep for Quant or verbal?

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t prep and wouldn’t. But is it easier to prep for Quant or verbal?

It probably depends on the child. Verbal uses a lot of analogies and grouping, and that should be easy to prep. It also requires children to listen to the teacher and maintain focus more than the other sections, which can be prepped somewhat. Quantitative involves a lot of algebraic and symbolic thought, which to some extent can be prepped. For every section, prepping test taking strategies, such as using process of elimination, what steps to follow, etc. would be highly effective.

Maybe the best answer would be to compare local percentile ranks vs. national at different scores. I would imagine the sections having the most inflated local scores would be the most easily prepped. What is the local percentile rank of a score of 132 for each section?

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Anonymous wrote:Moved here in early Nov when my kid was in 5th grade. Moved from out of state private Real Montessori school where no testing was done. When moved here toured Montessori schools they are not based on the philosophy.
Long story short he was given Cogat zero prep he scored 99 percentile. So it is possible to score without prepping. But I agree lot of parents prep here.

I don't think students should be allowed in AAP if they prep; or there should be another option for those students - no prepping allowed. It would be quite different, in a good way.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid's in 4th. He was 99 percentile. Zero prepping.

Just stop already. This area is full of a bunch of crazies.

Yes. Did no one else here see that OP was being sarcastic? (Funny, btw.)

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My kid got 98th percentile, no prepping. But he's not impressive. He's book-smart but emotionally immature, still cries in school at least once a week for pretty much no reason, gets incredibly overexcited and blows play dates.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the reminder OP that 99 percentile is pretty amazing (prep or no). I agree that you can’t take a 100 kid and turn him into a 135 kid with some prepping. A 135 may also not say anything more than the kid is amazing at taking this particular test. But it’s an achievement nonetheless. Also undoubtedly true that the 135 kid may not amount to much later on. It’s all good.

OP here, yes you get me right. What I want to say is 135 is great achievement, with or without prep, at least for now. And I want to cheer with their parents. I am just a little jealous lol. But all I want is my daughter to be happy at school and be able to do whatever she enjoys like art and piano.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's in 4th. He was 99 percentile. Zero prepping.

Just stop already. This area is full of a bunch of crazies.

Yes. Did no one else here see that OP was being sarcastic? (Funny, btw.)

Are you sure? I didn't catch that all.

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I don't think students should be allowed in AAP if they prep; or there should be another option for those students - no prepping allowed. It would be quite different, in a good way.

How, exactly, can they establish with 100% certainty whether a kid has prepped? Hook the kids up to a polygraph? If they want to prohibit prepping, then they need to completely change the format of the tests, so people have no clue at all as to the types of questions. Otherwise, people will find a way to prep.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's in 4th. He was 99 percentile. Zero prepping.

Just stop already. This area is full of a bunch of crazies.

Yes. Did no one else here see that OP was being sarcastic? (Funny, btw.)

OP here, well I think it is because you are sarcastic, it does not mean other parents should be the same like you. It is funny for you, but I did not try to tell any joke.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's in 4th. He was 99 percentile. Zero prepping.

Just stop already. This area is full of a bunch of crazies.

Yes. Did no one else here see that OP was being sarcastic? (Funny, btw.)

Now I really understand why this forum has a lot of crazies

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What is the prepping people do anyway?

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OP here, well I think it is because you are sarcastic, it does not mean other parents should be the same like you. It is funny for you, but I did not try to tell any joke.

My mistake. It just seems to me that there is a fair amount of horn tooting on these forums, which is why I thought it was sarcasm.