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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But it should be [b]unnecessary[/b] for this particular test if your kids are [b]smart enough.[/b][/quote]

Wow, you still don't get it.  There are some who work hard and prepare not because they seek to be just smart enough to get by.  It appears to you, if one is smart enough there is no reason to prep or study.  Why study or prep if you are really intelligent and gifted?

You claim Peyton was born with unique gifts as an athlete and QB but he, too, wasn't dumb enough to take your advise, since he is supremely gifted and talented [b]enough[/b] therefore hard work and prep is[b] unnecessary[/b]

Your "smart enough" and "unnecessary prep"  mantra is too low a bar for some individuals like Peyton, Phelps, brain surgeons and pilots.  Just "good enough"  and "prep unnecessary" doesn't quite hack it.  It work in the kitchen but not in the OR, cockpit or Peyton's place.  This has nothing to do with you infatuation with giftedness and the DNA of elite professionals but everything to do with attitude and frame of mind.

There are some for whom getting by on God given ability and giftedness is not the objective or aim.  They work hard and prepare no matter how low the bar or which alphabet soup test of the day presents itself in a given year.

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No you don't get it.  Since you are so fascinated with the older Manning child, let me give an analogy using Peyton.

We want to know how far Peyton can throw the ball....How far the ball goes will be a function of the throw and the wind.  If he throws 50 times in a closed stadium, the results will be meaningful.  In a Hurricane, he may be able to throw the ball 100 yards down wind, or 10 yard up wind.  In the storm, I could throw the ball 80 yards down wind.  But inside, Peyton can throw the ball 60 years.  That does not make me the better QB.  The wind adds noise to the measurement.  It reflects the reliability of the measurement.

Similarly, test prep for the AAP entrance exam by obtaining "the exact form of the test" by any means will severely impact the ability to measure the intelligence out of the test.  Just like me throwing the football in a hurricane.  I can not know how far I threw the ball, and the county can not know how much of the score was from intelligence, and how much is from prepping.  (and how much was from ADD, distractions, puppies, etc).  What the county is trying to measure is raw capability, not work ethic.  They get that in the GBRS.  And a high score on the CogAT does not make your kid smarted.  It will not lead to more money.  How will the county deal with this?  The will ignore test scores.  They will have no choice.    Oh, and the county is the source on appropriate behavior in a county administered exam.

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