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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually prep my kid on cogat many times. I don't see significant improvements...very frustrated [/quote]

Most people will tell you prepping can only twiddle around the edges of the score. It might help a nervous kid who shuts down if they don't immediately understand a question (which is per our favorite AAP-qualified 3rd grade teacher a very typical profile for an AAP kid), but it won't actually make your kid smarter. So it won't move the needle much.[/quote]

You must be one of these people who actually has ethics because you do not realize just how extensive the prep is. I would agree that completing one book with a couple of tests is not going to move the needle much, but a 12+ hour course will. And right, of course it won't make the kid smarter.

The fervent defenses of test prep on here are crazy but it is human nature to rationalize bad behavior.

For the record, I did a couple of tests in a book with my dc and that was enough for both of us. DC might have avoided making some silly mistakes because of it but that's about it. Dc's scores were solid (would have gotten DC in under old system w/o local norms) but not out of this world but because everything else lined up (great I-Readys, VAALLSS, report cards, respectable HOPE and solid work examples), DC got in. 
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