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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NNAT is perceived as easier to jack the score up with cheating.[/quote]

How do you think a 1st grader cheats while teacher administers this test?[/quote]

There are tons of Chinese, Korean, Indian extracurricular programs that teach children how to take the test. Parents pay $$$ for this. [/quote]

Korean-American parent here. I bought one NNAT and one Cogat test from amazon. We spent about one week going over question format prior to the test. Do you seriously consider that cheating?

DH and I are both ivy league educated. We both studied for our SAT, GMAT and MCAT. I'm from NYC and most parents (white and Asian) do some sort of study prep to get their kids into the Manhattan gifted program or private school admissions. I knew more white people who got their kids tutored than Asians. I never considered this cheating.[/quote]

NP here:  our principal specifically said that kids should do nothing other than get a good night's sleep.  I consider what you did trying to cheat the system.  It is an abilities test to capture a kid's results on it if he has not seen a test like it within the last 12 months.  You took the time to buy the book and go over it with you kid for the sole purpose of trying to up the score...yes, that's cheating based on the purpose of the test.  SAT, GMAT and MCATs are tests that encourage prepping and aren't abilities tests.[/quote]

Totally agree that,  If the kids are not smart enough to be in asp naturally, that is very hard for them.[/quote]

Not really.  The screening tests focus on giftedness but the program focuses on high academic achievement.  Many kids who are high academic achievers but aren't gifted can handle the program.  [/quote]

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