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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I know is, DS's tester did not discern that he had been prepped (by me, at home) for the WPPSI prior to K.

Or, if he did, then he didn't put that suspicion in his 2=page narrative and he also didn't know which schools would get his report (so he couldn't have tipped them off in a phone call).  So DS's school doesn't know, either.

I just needed to ensure, for myself, that DS would exceed a certain % benchmark and not be thrown out of the running.  I wasn't aiming to move the needle from 94% to 99% and claim "Genius! My son is a genius!"

He was admitted to a couple schools, rejected/waitlisted at one.   He's at the top of his class now in 5th grade, which might lead you to conclude that he didn't need prepping in the first place.  You are right, but I wasn't willing to risk it.
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Interesting.  I just got back a so-so WPPSI score and have been stressing me out that I did no prep and didn't even tell my son anything about what to expect.  After getting his score back, I googled WPPSI prep and found all that is out there.  My husband has been talking me off the ledge, reminding that these tests have been shown to have such a weak correlation with future academic success that it is a wonder anyone uses them at all.  I find this cold comfort if getting an average score will permanently rule out many options that might have existed.  I do think any school really using the score as a predictor should refresh their research but, if every school is doing it, I guess the schools are not concerned about appearing uninformed.  What a frustrating criterion![/quote]

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