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So it's devolved to the usual fight.
Let me add my two cents:

1. You cannot prepare for Cogat tests and similar, however much you try! Go ahead, try - it won't change your score significantly, and anyone telling you differently is lying to you (and taking your money) :-)

2. You CAN prepare for MAP-M, since it's simply a knowledge based assessment. However, young children with stratospheric MAP-M demonstrate unusual abilities to process, retain and analyze mathematical information, so whether they're prepped or not, they are still magnet material.

3. The MAP-R test is significantly harder to prepare for than the MAP-M, because in addition to years of reading at a high level and developing excellent vocabulary and inferencing skills, it tests MATURITY. Children with very high MAP-R scores demonstrate a highly mature and informed understanding of the world and relationships, through various texts. This is why you never see a 280 on a 5th grade MAP-R, but you do see it in MAP-M.

Conclusion:

Prep as much as you want! It will make a difference in MAP-M. It won't for the rest.

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