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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I don't think it is a conspiracy, but $375 for an hour or so to test and an hour to type the report is a pretty good living when you note that the kids are booked back to back 8 hours a day from Sept. through June. Some Lawyers in this town should be so lucky

Required School Admission Tests

PSAT costs $13 (2 hours)

SAT costs are a $49 (with writing) (3 to 4 hours)

ACT costs are $49.50 (with writing) (3 to 4 hours)

SSAT costs are $116 (3 hours)

WPPSI costs are $375 (1 hour)

What's the definition of a scam on the backs of 4, 5, and 6-year-old children?

All of the those other tests are taken in large groups as opposed to one of one with a licensed pysch. Also computers do most of the work on computing the results and the WPPSI results are done manually. The WPPSI is a much more labor intensive test to give and to evaluate. The SAT is $50 but there are 50 kids in the room and one person to oversee. That is about $2,500 for one afternoon of testing.

Also the other tests are usually mailed to schools and given in the schools with a school employee overseeing the test takers so there is very little overhead costs. There is very little this employee needs to do other than give basic instructions provided by the testing company. The pyschologists performing the WPPSI use their own office space and are responsible for maintaining the office (rent, computers, phone and internet bills, etc. etc.) The WPPSI test itself along with the grading materials are several thousand dollars for each new version. The pysch pays for the test from the testing company. [/quote]

Give me one good reason why a $400 test with minimal prognostic value in 4 and 5 year-olds and administered by a psychologist be a [b]mandatory requirement [/b]for admission to independent private schools in the area? 
 
 
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