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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school will show them the concept of the test. The above poster is wrong and if she did that, she prepped. Nothing needed...and I'm not sure pepping helps that much or else wouldn't less people be upset their kids werent admitted?[/quote]

If prepping doesn't help "that much" (and I agree that it doesn't), then what's the problem?  You can't have it both ways (i.e. [b]prepping doesn't help AND it's not fair to prep[/b]).

I don't believe in spending money to send kids to NNAT prep classes.  But, I did show my kids a book of mind puzzles similar to the NNAT so that they could get the idea.  I don't think it changed their score much, but it did give them the comfort to understand what the idea of it was.  Even if you've seen the idea of it (i.e. you turn the figure), if a kid isn't analytical, they won't  "get" the analogies the test is looking for.  Previewing the test lowers test anxiety.  If I show my kid a book of brain puzzles (that are similar to the NNAT), how is that any more "wrong" than a family that just likes to do puzzles for weekend family times?  I think those things are fine, and frankly, should be encouraged!

Those activities are very different from signing a kid up for NNAT test prep classes, spending several hundred dollars and giving the kid the impression that this is a very important test and creating a pressure environment.  I doubt that you can't turn a kid who is a 100 (not up to AAP) into a 145 (definitely capable of AAP work) on the NNAT.  But, you probably can get them 5-10 extra points by teaching them how to think through.  That's why it is good that the committee looks at more than one data point.  [/quote]

I can have it both ways.  The rules say don't prep (per our principal, directly to parents at the AAP info meetings).  Prepping won't help that much, is my GUESS.  So yes, you can definitely have it as you are saying.  You don't want to hear it b/c you prepped your kid.[/quote]

We prep our child everyday for anything that is related grades/admission :) Human intelligence increases with knowledge.  I agree with earlier poster if child is in 100 there is very rare chance that child will get 145 or 160. If that child gets 145+ then its good because this prep classes helped him tapped into his real potential/intelligence! Isn't that all of us want for our children?

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