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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't realize people prepped 1st and 2nd graders for these tests until after my kid had taken both of them.  We didn't even know that they were administering the NNAT until we got the score report.

How do you even get a 6-8 year old to test prep?  Practice tests?  Games?  I can't see either of mine being at all interested in that.

When I see kids with consistently high scores and a low GBRS, I assume that they are either shy about sharing their talents in class or have a personality conflict with their teacher, but I'm also not on the selection committee so my opinion probably doesn't matter.[/quote]

It's big among certain ethnic groups. People sign their kids up for classes that teach them how to take the tests.[/quote]

It is supposedly amongst Asians. Our family is Asian-American. DS scored 138, was 99th percentile and was admitted to AAP. 2 weeks prior to the exam, we bought a Cogat book and DS did a practice exam. We went over the wrong answers. I think the school was going over the test as well. We did not test prep him to death. We just wanted DS to be familiar with the questions. I don't think I would have been able to raise his score all that much with going over the one test. Perhaps a few careless mistakes on questions. I think some people on this forum may consider this cheating, which I think is ridiculous. He also has all 4s on his report card. I am sure DS would have gotten into AAP whether we went over the one practice test or not.[/quote]

Don't delude yourself, hon. The school shows them how to fill in the test bubbles, they don't "go over the test as well."

I doubt a child who only scored 138 as an inflated score would be a sure thing. Even one or two questions wrong can be ten points off on the score.[/quote]

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