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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Testing results are the most difficult to game by rich parents.[/quote]

Incorrect, these are the easiest to the game. In fact, there's a whole industry devoted just to this. [/quote]

The industry is there because they are difficult to game. You need to have the knowledge to pass. [/quote]

The industry is there since everything is easy with $$$[/quote]

Can you just pay the money and do well on the test? Obviously not!

You pay the money for the educational service, it’s not that different from a private school or college. In the end you pay for their work towards helping your kid understand a topic or subject.

Duh, everything is easier with money! Do you like doing your own oil change? Cleaning your house? Paying someone makes it a breeze.[/quote]

Personally, I find there's virtue in doing my own work. Paying a prep center to feed your kid test questions isn't exactly fair to those who can't afford prep. That is why the geographic component of the new selection process is necessary. It allows a cross-section of people a shot at admission. Not just those who can afford prep.[/quote]

Those who can afford to prep, or those who make the sacrifices to prep, or those who don’t need prep because they are highly driven and study on their own or truly gifted and don’t need to study much. How do you distinguish between them? Why is it preferable to provide the opportunity (on public money) to a B student from a poverty background rather than a brilliant A student that is comfortably middle class?[/quote]

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