Reply to Why obsess over getting into gifted program?

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Why obsess over getting into gifted program?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]You are confusing study and preparation for a task or career with standardized "test prep." [/b]We are talking about the latter, not the former here.
"Test prep" companies have a very defined purpose. If you are not familiar with them, take a look at a few of their websites. They provide coaching for very specific standardized tests. And they charge a lot of money for this coaching. If your child has been studying and working hard at a wide variety of educational activities, there should be no need for this type of extensive coaching to take a standardized test. I contend they'd be better off reading a wide variety of good books from the public library.[/quote]

If preparation for standardized test is unethical, then we should all discourage our kids  from  preparing for PSAT, SAT, AP, GRE (all standardized tests) ... If students are not able to pass these exams without preparation, they are not worthy of pursuing advanced studies?  Further, top math and science students in the U.S. (and all other countries, I am sure) spend countless days and hours preparing for various international competitions such as Math Olympiad. Well, if these kids are really smart and know their stuff why do they need to prepare? Let them all compete, if they wish, without prior preparation. Let's disqualify them if they do any prep work.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics