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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Here's the link: 
http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/FAQre2012CustomizedCogAT.pdf

[b]And here is the pertinent quote from the document: 
"FCPS staff members chose to administer the custom form of the CogAT this year after it came to our attention that some students, in previous years, had prepared for the CogAT using the exact form of the CogAT being administered in FCPS." 
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And, yes, test questions are exactly what these companies sell to parents. The point is to have the children do the questions over and over again so that when they take the FxAT or CoGAT, the questions are so familiar that the child answers easily without having to think much about it during the test itself. The test-prepped second-grader has been taught in advance how to answer the types of questions that will appear on the test.[/quote]

Do not beat around the bush.

Answer the question.

Was the CogAT test the kids used the same as was administered?   Yes or No

No waffling, no defensiveness, no hedging.  If not.  Case closed. 
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I bolded the pertinent information from Fairfax County Public Schools.

Does it really seem that this poster is "beating around the bush"?  :lol: If anything, the quoted post is very specific and on point.

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The link refers to the "exact form". Form is just a version. When my older DD took the CogAt several years ago, it was Form 6. Last year it was Form 7. It's just the version of the test. Nowhere do they say that the "exact questions" were available. That would be criminal and I would assume FCPS would pursue legal action against the commercial companies if that was the case. [/quote]

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