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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the explanation of the difference again:

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This thread is complete bull. You want to make it so prepping for the CogAT is the same as practicing sports. The same as music. 
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[b]It is different. Prepping for the CogAT by using sample questions is akin to forging a birth certificate so an older kid can play on a younger travel team. It is like the elite athlete trying to be the best by taking Human Growth Hormones. It is like the mucisian using a recorded piece instead of a live piece at a concert. 
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In all fields, there are ways to cheat. And at all levels.

I have seen, in house sports leagues, teams breaking rules on recruiting at the 8 yo level.

It happens. And it is wrong. 
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 Where is the explanation? 
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It is by analogy.   The examples are supposed to be clear examples of cheating, as opposed to solid work ethic and practice.

Prepping by practice tests does nothing for the long run other than inflate a score for the sake of inflating a score (to help one get into AAP).  And "practicing" activity should have the goal  of allowing the child's brain to properly develop.  Not for raising the score on a single test.  Raising an  intelligent child should be the goal.  The CogAT is a metric but not the goal. 
The thing is you can inflate the CogAT without increasing the underlying ability to do anything more than take the CogAT.  That is a false metric.

And again the problem is, the county knows this goes on.  They do not know  who specifically has CogAT's that are unreliable.  But, if the CogAT is out of whack with the rest of the file, they seem to discount the CogAT (either way).  They devalue the CogAT because some people prep.  [/quote]

And this screws over some truly gifted kids who are gifted type II.  So, thanks for that![/quote][/quote]

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