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Except that the teachers will do practice tests with the kids so they are not going in blind. Are all of those kids prepped? [/quote]
Which teachers are doing full practice tests with the kids?  My kids were only shown by the teacher a couple really trivial practice questions put out by the CogAT and intended for that purpose.  That's hardly the same as having a teacher run through full comprehensive practice tests.

I would argue that anyone looking at any CogAT materials other than the official ones included with the CogAT and intended as pre-testing materials is prepping and is invalidating the CogAT score.  [b]At this point, though, so many kids are prepping that it seems foolish for anyone who wants their kids in AAP to refrain from prepping. [/b] [/quote]

I don't think this is true except in some pockets of FCPS.  I know for a fact my two AAP kids weren't prepped.  And given that only a handful of kids from their school go to AAP I can't imagine many others were either.[/quote]

DP.  This is our experience too, and my AAP kids weren't prepped at all (beyond the one or two practice questions that the teacher used).  Since these experiences differ so much in different parts of the county, I do wonder how much the centers differ.  I've been happy with my kids' school experience, don't feel that it's watered down or too slow.[/quote]

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