Prepping/Scamming the Cogat

[Anonymous]

Private schools are not the answer. They too make strange bedfellows with preferred educational psychologists (eg. WPSSI and WISC) for $400 a pop/applicant/year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are appropriate classes defined by how a 7 yr old answers 30 questions on a given day in her life?

You do realize that no one in FCPS gets pigeonholed because of one test? It just doesn't work that way.

Is that the source of the issue here? Thinking that somehow one test determines whether or not a child gets a good education?

Just does not work that way in FCPS- all the kids here have access to a first rate education.

[Anonymous]

Anti-prep teacher: you are clueless as to what and where the real scam is occurring.

[Anonymous]

Does this one single test of 30 questions determine if your child gets into AAP?

Teacher let me help you lest you digress.

Answer yes or no.

[Anonymous]

Are you stuck?

Simple yes or no response.

Has the go CAT got your tongue?

[Anonymous]

Have you misplaced your talking points?

[Anonymous]

You do realize that no one in FCPS gets pigeonholed because of one test? It just doesn't work that way.

Well, great! Thank you for finally clearing that up. Perhaps, we will now finally wrap up this, "Prepping/Scamming the Cogat" 37+ page thread and all go home now...

Four, 30 or 40 question tests (NNAT and CoGAT) are the primary metric for entry into the AAP program closely followed by the GBRS.

One out of five kids are in AAP (17%). Some of those kids undeniably got in because of prepping. Prepping that is not that hard to do. Do a search on the Internet and pick a few dozen pick the next shape in the series questions and you have prepped for NNAT. Practice some word similarity questions and next in the number series questions and you have prepped for the CoGAT. Wow. So difficult. The whole process probably took an hour or two and didn’t cost a penny.

But you parents that are tempted to prep. Don’t do it. Home school and private school are great options and if your kid gets left behind in general-ed -- it is just as good. Remember that the AAP program is really for the top 3% (even though the top 17% are already in it).

[Anonymous]

Is this your yes or no response?

[Anonymous]

Floundering and flopping around like a beached whale in heat was a pp description of the teacher's ability to respond clearly and briefly to a direct question.

[Anonymous]

It's called evasion.

Grade F


I recommend remedial training for the self-described teacher with study and prep so she may reach her potential. It is never to late the children say.

[Anonymous]

What's the difference between prepping for the Cog vs. prepping for the SAT vs. prepping for the LSAT, the GMAT, the MCAT?

It's all the same.

[Anonymous]

By the teacher's definition of prep a child would have to imprisoned to the world of books and educational materials.

Can't dream of synonyms and shapes before taking the BIG test that determines whether she goes to AAP or is on the outside looking in.

[Anonymous]

There is no difference between prepping for USHistory or GRE, SAT (A for Aptitude) or cogAT.

[Anonymous]

By the teacher's definition of prep a child would have to imprisoned to the world of books and educational materials.

Can't dream of synonyms and shapes before taking the BIG test that determines whether she goes to AAP or is on the outside looking in.

Are you using google or babble fish to translate to English? If so the translator software needs some work.

[Anonymous]

How many parents are OK with their kids taking the SAT cold (e.g. not even reviewing words, buying a SAT book, or anything like that)?

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