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Prepping for a test is in no way ‘gaming the system’.

Prepping for a CoGar test is as much ‘gaming the system’ as shooting 50 free throws is or practicing soccer drills.

Both are practice.  And practice helps your improve your skills.  In test-taking or in sports.  Why is one acceptable to you and not the other?  Or is it just dependent on the race of the kid doing the practicing.  [/quote]

You're making a good case for MCPS dropping the CogAT test permanently.[/quote]
DP.. let's say they drop cogat.  What measure should they use?

[b]I'd be ok with MAP scores.[/b]  But, do you think that if the only looked at MAP scores that the demographics of the high scorers would look that differently?[/quote]

Why? Kids that did math prep would score high. Kids who didn't get advanced math instruction would score low. Do you think that's a good way to identify high-ability students who aren't getting their needs met at their home schools? I don't.[/quote]

So how would you propose we identify high ability? [/quote]

Still thinking? [/quote]

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