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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is one line of thought on 'prepping' for NNAT.

[b]Talking to the child about what kind of questions to expect, can certainly help prevent total blow ups ( Mommy I just did not understand what was I supposed to do).

But, after seeing some of my fellow Tiger Mom's trying to prep they child  - I am a 100% sure that overall score will not change that much. If you child is a 99% one, then that is what he or she will get.

But if your child is a 85% caliber  ( which is great in itself), its nearly impossible to prep this child to get a 99%. [/b]
And I strongly believe that the parent should talk to the child about what to expect in these test. I have no faith in the ability of  FCPS to deliver consistent clear instructions to all the kids. There will be one teacher who is not clear enough and as luck would have it - your child will be in that class. [/quote]

These kind of generalizations, without any supporting data are an insult to everyone's intelligence.  Without a "prepped" group and a control group, and a measure between, you cannot make this kind of statement and present it as fact.  Try, "in my limited opinion which is not substatiated by any marginally scientific data" as a preface next time.

As to my personal experience, I have now prepped two of my children for the NNAT and both have done outstanding.  When they began the practice tests, their scores were good, missing 6 or 7 questions out of 39 or so.  By the time we were done, they recognized patterns of questions (there are only so many ways to show patterns on a line, a checker board with a missing piece, etc.) knew a process of eliminating wrong answers first and closely studing the last two, when to guess, when to skip a question that was taking too long (but never leaving a blank), etc.  At that point they were missing only an occasional answer.  While I would agree that moving a 25%'er to 99% is a tall task, my personal experience (not scientific) is that the prep made my initially good performing kids confident and ready, and with excellent results.  I agree with the Tiger Mom who said what is right for your family is fine, and what is right for hers (and mine) is our business.  I could not care less if my kid “skews” the test because he was prepared and worked hard to do well.  In our family, the importance of hard work, preparation, and good study habits are stressed, and if they just happen to lead to good performance so be it.  There are many cultures that stress this these habits and others that do not, and I think the results speak for themselves.[/quote]

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