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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students and their parents sign a statement saying that they will keep the essays confidential.

Integrity still matters.  [/quote]

Interesting.  The problem solving essay was up on youtube within days of the actual test, so it didn't occur to me that there was such a statement.

That makes it worse not better.  First of all, the test prep programs clearly aren't following that rule if they are posting questions online.

Secondly, as I said, it's something that seems pretty easy to coach for, but you can only coach if you know what the questions are like.  From the TJ website, I literally did not have a clue.  So, if no one published past questions, kids from neighborhoods and families with other TJ kids would have a clue, and those of us without those connections (in my case, because we're coming from out of the area, but my guess is that higher numbers of ESOL kids and FARMS kids would also find themselves without those connections) would be coming in at a huge disadvantage.  If the purpose is to improve equity then one way to do it would be to publish the past questions.  
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