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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my 6th grader got a 10, is that a bad score?[/quote]

Math is entirely all about practice. The children who get good scores in these tests practice a lot.

If your child takes the test without much practice, he/she would not get a good score. The important thing is not equate this with smartness or their inclination towards math. I see kids compare and label themselves as good or bad and it really hurts the kids who think they are bad.

My child does a lot of practice and he gets close to full score. It is painful to see friends label the child as smart - both my child as it creates unnecessary belief in their own smartness and their kid who labels himself as poor in math and becomes convinced that there is no use practicing much.

Whatever you do, do not compare. No bad score, it just means did not practice much.

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I don't believe it's entirely about practice. A kid good at math will be able to do well without practice. My 6th grader took an AMC 8 without any practice and scored around 20. He also scored in the top 10% of the AMC 10 test. Of course, there is no doubt that practice helps, especially with respect to speed (and probably type of problem). [/quote]

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