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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe people compare COGAT vs SAT.  For SAT you're expected to prepare because it's a knowledge base test.  COGAT is an intelligence/IQ test that measures if a child is gifted.  [/quote]

Both CogAT and SAT are learned reasoning tests with scores that correlate with how successful you're likely to be in school.  Neither is an IQ test.  Back in the day, no one prepped for the SAT, either.  The only real difference now is that you're not supposed to prep for the CogAT, whereas it's assumed that you will prep for the SAT.

I'm not surprised that there's such a strong parallel on these forums between the two tests.  Both are easily prepped, the prepping will most likely increase your score somewhat, and small changes in scores can lead to huge changes in educational opportunities available to you.  The excessive prepping for the CogAT has been a problem that has grossly bloated AAP, but it's not a problem that will be solved by wagging your finger at people and telling them not to prep.  MoCo seems to have somewhat solved the problem.  Perhaps FCPS should follow their lead. [/quote]

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