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[quote=Anonymous]Semantics and obfuscation aside, it is clear that the school district prefers that parents not use test prep materials with their second graders. Test prep "works" in the sense that it teaches children ahead of time how to answer certain kinds of questions that are meant to be seen for the first time on test day. The results are invalidated not because Fairfax County "catches" anyone, but because the results are then not a measurement of a child's ability to answer questions of a type that have never been seen before but instead a measure of how well a child can answer a question type that has been reviewed many, many times. When the child has reviewed sample tests for 30 minutes a day for many weeks, the test results are no longer telling us anything about the child's ability to grasp a new concept. [/quote]
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