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[quote=Anonymous][quote]...But in the public school GT testing system, that one test carries extraordinary weight, [b]so the system can be inappropriately gamed by some unscrupulous parent who wants to prep her child for the test, even though the child lacks the overall academic skills to match that test score[/b].[/quote]

Unsubstantiated and speculative nonsense.

Tell that to all others that prepare for tests (pilots, surgeons, athletes, musicians)  you really don't belong on the platform because they scored and performed too well on the last test.  Hilarious!

Where is the data?  Who really does belongs on the podium?  Entitlement children with the advantages of SES and tutors who do not perform as well, or are defeated on the pitch!!

What happened to rugged American individualism and competition that was the original intent of the framers of our constitution?  
Who will establish the [i]real[/i] definition of test prep?  When does test prep begin and end (in utero, at birth, a week before the test, the night before, after the "practise" test)?  What is test prep?  (e.g., tutors, teachers paid to teach to the test, prep parlors at home or outside the home, private school test prep) Everyone seems to have their own definition of test prep or what constitutes test prep?  Should children punch a clock to track the amount of time utilised for "test prep" so dcum rodents can keep track?

The discussion is inane.  Preparation is ethical and should be encouraged (in the classroom, at work, on the job, on the athletic fields).  What is the rational for forbidden preparation (if at all possible) in school of all places!  Is everyone afraid of a high bar and competition in our land.  Our politicians and leaders extoll the virtue of competition.  Is this wrong?

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