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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Three pages along, and I see no one has admitted to buying WPPSI test prep materials and sample tests.

I did!   Three years ago, I bought materials from a vendor in New York City who supplies to psychologists. The whole package was closer to $1100, not $800.  No kidding.

Then I ran DS through the paces about a month before the test date.   He did great, 99%.

Fast forward four years, he is now at the very top of his class in all subjects except art and P.E. in a DC private.  So he probably would have done very well without my prepping, I'm guessing.  But maybe not, and I didn't feel like leaving that component to chance.

Also, I don't regret in the least what I did.  [/quote]

This is why I really detest that private school's use these tests for admissions.  All of the 99% scores of prepped kids are changing the national norms of the test.  When a child takes this test for it's actual purpose (evaluation for LDs or delays, etc) the results are less accurate because of the private school preppers and their inflated scores.  Inaccurate results of a test could change the course of intervention or accomodation for an at-risk child.

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Not to worry - the norming is done during test development, not yearly after-the-fact. [/quote]

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