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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids had the same math teacher in 6th grade AAP and she stressed not to get the prep book available on Amazon. She said it was much harder than the actual test and would just stress the kids out and make them nervous and that could cause them to mess up. She said if they were doing well in class they should be well prepared. She also emphasized for them that the hardest part was that it was timed and she said as long as they were mindful of that, they'd be fine. She said if a problem was difficult, skip it and come back if there was time. My mathy kid finished all but one problem and was far enough along on that one that he was able to make an educated guess. He got 99th percentile. My not very mathy kid skipped a problem in one section and did not finish the last problem in that section and another -- so three total -- and still got 97th percentile. Neither prepped at all. We were aiming for the appropriate placement rather than aiming for Algebra in 7th, so I really wanted to see how the kids did with no prep. [/quote]

+1 to this. My kid was prepping for the ISEE (a private school entrance test) which was timed. Did no IAAT prep. Did very well on the IAAT, but would not have done well without the practice taking a timed test from the ISEE prep. For some kids understanding that test management is very important.

DD said the IAAT wasn't really that hard, but the time management part was important.[/quote]

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