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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here (and I did not write the prior post suggesting that someone else's child got it wrong -- that was another poster).  I'm very sure that my child is stating the instructions accurately.  He is a very compliant child (at school) and when I asked how the test went that day (so just hours after that section was given), he said "I only answered 2-3 questions."  Then I asked why and he said, "the teacher told us to leave it blank if we don't know the answer."  And I said, "well, you could have just picked the best one."  And he said, "NO, the teacher told us to leave it blank."

I might ask about it during conferences, but I'm very confident that my child is telling about it accurately.   And I do not doubt that another child in another class had different instructions.  That's the irritating thing -- that a "standardized" test isn't really "standardized."

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But here's the point you are missing, nothing is ever perfect.  No two people are going to deliver any instructions in the exact same way.  For example, surveys are very easily swayed in simply how the question is asked.  There's a whole science dedicated to this and people who write surveys just to get a specific answer.  It is a game.

I go back to my original point:  if your child is truly gifted, they are going to get in the program regardless of how they do on this one test.[/quote]

The point that you are missing is that different kids are given different instructions which is inconsistent.

What needs to happen is not for the teacher to give instructions based on what she thinks is correct, but instead, the teacher should be given instructions to read to the class.  Also, the teacher should be provided answers to frequently asked questions.

The CogAT and NNAT results play a big part in determining whether a kid gets into AAP.  In 2nd grade, the tests aren't supposed to be timed, but I'm sure the teacher doesn't give the kids time to work on each problem at their own pace.  Teachers have a schedule to keep.[/quote]

You quoted me on missing the point.  I didn't.  You did.  You basically restated what I wrote.  I said no two people will ever deliver the instructions the same way, nor for that matter, will all people interpret those instructions the same way.[/quote]

You missed the point.

I said teachers should be reading set instructions.  If a teacher is reading instructions, how will the delivery change the instructions?  It won't.[/quote]

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