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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You are a troll. Please leave. You do not read the posts. You just say prep. No one is saying children should not prepare for life. But, [b]we are talking about one or two specific tests[/b] that are trying to measure intelligence where the specific act of drill and practice with old tests (i.e., cheating, often called prep here) take away the ability to measure. The concern with FCPS is that from 2009-2012, the size of the AAP pool increased 50%. They think it was from people gaming/prepping. It is cheating.

My DD spends 12 hrs per day preparing for her future by school, homework, sports, and activities. That is prep. She spend some time being quizzed on vocabulary, which helps on the test. does not know which words will be on the test, so she studies all of them. That is prep, and it is encouraged.

CogAT is an attempt to measure something. Prepping invalidates the measurement. It is that simple. [code]

Who cares about 2 specific tests if you work hard and prep. Most high performing 7 year-olds and their parents don't care or worry about the 2 specific tests you are fixated on.  Hard work and prep makes this all unnecessary.  I do not know anyone who goes around stealing the test and memorizing the answers.  Not in my neighborhood.  You must live with a cabal of criminals if all around you 7 year olds are stealing the County tests and memorizing the answers.  Sounds absurd to me.  The solution is easy.  The County should house the test under lock and key.  That's what the College Board does with the SAT.[/quote]

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