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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where has FCPS every said prepping is cheating or raises ethical concerns?  I have heard of teachers making comments, but as far as I am aware, FCPS does not have any policy, and I work for the county.[/quote]

I don't know if there is a written policy anywhere, but exposing kids to the types of questions on the test ahead of time has to have an effect on the test results. (Otherwise, why would people do it?) The test is supposed to reflect how well  a child deals with and solves problems the child has not seen before. Sure, some kids may have seen some of the types of problems in the course of doing other things, but it is unlikely most kids would have seen all of the different types unless they are doing prep that focuses on the kinds of questions on these tests. 
The results just won't be a good reflection of how well a child deals with new situations if the types of problems are not new to the child, so the results would be less useful for that child. My own ethics tell me that it is wrong to try to make my child look like he does better with new problems than he actually does, which would be the effect of prepping, but I realize that not everyone shares my personal system of ethics and morals.

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