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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every thread with the word prep in it falls into the same pattern.  Prepping in the context of this thread refers to actions whose [b]sole purpose is to increase the scores on an IQ test[/b]; it does not increase the baseline IQ.

The reason why people "prep" the kids are to give them an advantage in regards to obtaining entry into AAP.

It has nothing to do with studying for an exam, it has nothing to do with sports.

If you think prepping for the CogAT is a positive attribute, call out the action on the AAP parental referral form.  If you will not do that, then you know it is cheating.[/quote]

CogAT is not an IQ test.[/quote]

CogAT was designed to test how children solved problems they have never seen before.  Prepping in this an other affluent areas has warped the test as a measurement of anything.  [/quote]

And this is why you can take the enormous amounts of AAP kids in western Fx Co with a big, huge grain of salt.  Vienna, McLean, Great Falls... there are prep classes available and many parents sign their kids up for them to prepare for the CogAT.  Usually, they're called things like "Creative Problem Solving" or "Abstract Reasoning," but often they're just blatantly labeled "CogAT Prep".  Can't believe Fx Co just turns a blind eye to this while parents are wondering how on earth so many kids from this area of the county are admitted, year after year.  [/quote]

Interesting that you keep focusing on "Vienna, McLean, Great Falls," when so many AAP kids are Asians who live in Fairfax, Chantilly, Oakton, Herndon, and Centreville.   Maybe you think that the Asian kids who live in western Fairfax naturally belong in AAP, but the kids from the high-income areas of Vienna, McLean and Great Falls only get in if they are "prepped."

Talk about pathetic.      [/quote]

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