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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My problem with this thread is that 1) some people think it is necessary, and 2) others exploit that expectation.  And it is based on a flawed few of American culture and education.  America is the land where we can afford to educate all.

Most (all?) of the parents pushing the prepping -- and there are some -- are recent immigrants coming from countries that have many gates to long-term success.  Where, being tracked at 8 as having potential is key to having the opportunity at 14 or 18 or 40.

In America, there are so many on-ramps to education...AAP helps challenge kids, but gen-ed does not preclude taking advanced courses in HS, and those kids are not at a disadvantage.

TJ is a great high school, but that is because of the creativity of the students -- the 10 best at any school will do as well as anyone at TJ.

My DD is in the 7th grade in AAP; we like it because she is a smart, nerdy kid and is in an environment where that is an asset not at liability.

Now, the uber-preppers are trying to turn the education into a compassion.  They are trying to effectively shame children that do not score 145; they think the score is what matters, when what matters is the inmate intelligence which should be represented by the score.   Scoring 145 on the CogAT is not a life skill.  Nor is 800 on the SAT. If I listed my SAT scores on my Resume, people would laugh at me.

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In LCPS, they officially take kids into GT only if they get 97 percentile in Cogat or NNAT. When they officially declare the requirements like that, and if a really GT eligible kid doesn't score 97 without any prep (It is quite possible if they don't know anything about that test and how to answer the questions if they are not prepped and first time they are asked to take test), they are actually losing a chance. That's because they are really competing with a prepped kid, who  can easily score 97+ because of the extra push they got.

I seriously think there should be a different testing criteria than Cogat or NNAT test as a pre-eligibility test to consider for this program.
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