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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] prep tests like cogat so kids have better chance to get their feet in the door. What is wrong with that? You have to prep everything in life if you want to achieve any goals. Parents here definitely obsessed with getting their kids to aap so why complaint about kids prepping tests? For whatever reason kids score well on tests prep or no prep. They both deserve the placement. Btw what really made the difference is the feedback from grade reports and teachers input. [/quote]

Stop. You know exactly what is wrong with it and no one is talking about looking at a couple of tests to be familiar with format. It's the kind of prep that invalidates the test and if you think because everyone does it and is obsessed is a good reason then you need your head and your morals examined.

FCPS knows it's wrong too hence the downweighting of the tests.[/quote]

DP, but I don't condemn prepping at all. FCPS does a lot of things wrong, such that we often find ourselves having to make up for their failure.  Maybe "prepping" makes the CogAT less an aptitude test and more of an achievement test. But kids who can "learn" how to do CogAT well will also be more capable of learning the material in AAP.  Frankly, working hard, training hard, putting in the time, is often what makes people successful in life.  I think we all know it's not all natural ability (and that's a good thing).  [/quote]

Of course you don't because you cheated and your kid got in, taking another more worthy kids place. Condemn or not, it's not the way to get in. And you shouldn't have to extensively prep if your kid is AAP material. [/quote]

Not the pp. I have 3 kids, including one who just got into AAP. The number of kids is not capped for AAP so one kid does not take another kid.[/quote]

So maybe there is no cap. But if a certain amount of kids prep for it, it could raise the threshold of what qualifies for AAP in that school. Some schools you get in with 120s. Some you need 140-150. So say it’s a school that’s normally 130 is the level you have to hit. But parents prep their kids and now a lot of kids get 140 then the 130 who didn’t prep might get cut. I think they need to look at big picture, NNAT, Cogat, work samples, hope, iready, VALLS etc to see if there are outliers like a high cogat and low everything else to see the kid really should be there. Maybe they already do this? I don’t know how anything is weighted. [/quote]

My oldest is now in high school. The bar just gets higher for everything whether it is sports or tests. When you compare gymnastics or ice skating from the past, the differences are shocking. This 2nd grade AAP test bar is only the beginning. Fcps created the local test pools to get more kids from lower SES areas. I’m not sure how that hurts the borderline kids at high SES schools.

My kid attends a high SES. Most kids have practices a little. These test books are readily available on Amazon. I’m sure the top 10% of our school was 140 and yes, if you only scored 130, you may not be in pool. If your parent referred you, you could still get in.[/quote]

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