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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^For what it's worth, if parents want to spend the money and time on test prep classes, that's fine with me. I think it's wasted money and mis-spent time, but it's not my money or time, and people get to make their own choices.

The only thing I would find problematic is if the test prep organizations get test-takers to tell them what was on the test, and then basically sell that information to the next year's group of test preppers. That would be cheating -- not because of the studying, but because people who paid for test prep classes would have inside information that other people would not have.[/quote]

The test prep centers are making a whole lot of money by teaching from COGAT, PSAT and SAT workbooks. They have NO CLUE of what the real MCPS tests are like.  My own child has prepped with one of the test centers for two tests and each time he came out saying that the real test did not in any shape or form resemble what was taught at prep centers.

For what it is worth, the students who get into the programs usually would have gotten into the programs without prep too. There are many who go to the prep classes and do not get into the programs.

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