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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prepping as in sending your already above average kid to Kumon is nuts. But I assume that is not what you intend to do, right?

Buying a CoGat workbook so that your child can go over a few pages with you and become familiar with test format and analogies and logic puzzles is not crazy. That is not gaming the system. It is being a conscientious parent who wants their child to not be stunned and paralyzed when they sit down to a new test. [/quote]

The test was designed to take into account children who are stunned and paralyzed.  That is gaming the test, as we all know.  It is not illegal or invalidating, since the Cogat is not a true IQ test.  For a true IQ test, that sort of prepping is invalidating.[/quote]

I am the PP of the post you quoted - yes and no.

Teachers are supposed to go over proper test taking technique. Kids should have been exposed to the conventions of following test directions and reading comprehension technique and analogies and puzzle books by now. But not everyone has had this exposure. Not all teachers are good. Not all teachers speak loudly enough in a large room like this. Not all testing coordinators are thorough.

So if you think taking 15 minutes to show my child what an analogy is is screwing up your or another child's chances, then I think that's straight up silly and I'd be happy to show your kid what these things are too so that they are legitimately and smartly in the know about how to read and respond to a question. It's not illegal or immoral to enrich at home; by that logic, parents should be called to task for mentioning or practicing multiplication before 3rd grade. Puh-lease. [/quote]

It's prepping. No bones about it. Justify it as you wish. [/quote]

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