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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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. [/quote]

Riverside "lost" that case because they could not show school systems that had stopped using their services because of the Mercer materials. The decision did not state that Mercer had not infringed on Riverside's work, only that money damages from loss of customers could not be shown. If a large school system such as FCPS had stopped using these tests because of prepping, that would have placed the case in a different light. FCPS chose to work with the company to create a new version of the test rather than dropping it completely.
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Yes, and this explains the steps FCPS and Riverside took to deal with 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:

"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."

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