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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]wel FCPS has never said this so you are just making it up. Unless you speak for them...?[/quote]

Here's what FCPS says about this:

Here's a link to a FCPS document that includes an explanation of why the test was changed last year:

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/FAQre2012CustomizedCogAT.pdf

See fourth paragraph, first sentence:

[b]"FCPS staff members chose to administer the custom form of the CogAT this year after it came to our attention that some students, in previous years, had prepared for the CogAT using the exact form of the CogAT being administered in FCPS."[/b]
Other schools are simply dropping the use of these scores because they have become useless due to extensive prepping. I would not be surprised if FCPS follows suit.

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Nowhere. Anywhere. Has FCPS ever said don't prep for the test.
Yes they changed to a different version after Mercer's prep materials were found to be so similar to the CogAt questions. But Riverside sued Mercer for infringement and lost, so now FCPS knows it cannot  have a test that is free from being figued out - not even the current version.  
And who knows, yes maybe they drop the use of these tests.  But they are but one small part of the acceptance process. Hell, I have read on here some kids have gotten in with a 112 on the CogAt, so how hard is that?[/quote]

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