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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what goes on in Fairfax County. If you can prep to pass the test for "giftedness", thest test probably is measuring something other [/quote]

[b]I think some of these companies doing prep are selling snake oil. [/b] You can't actually meaningfully increase someone's IQ or cognitive ability through test prep.  If anything it's probably more about acclimating them to the types of questions and maybe some strategies, which might yield some marginal gains...  But you certainly will not see people going from 95 to 145.[/quote]

I wonder about this, also. I don't think you can raise a child's score from slightly below average to way above average, but I do think with focused practice (very, very regular repetition), a high average child's score can be pushed up into the lower superior range. Parents then hope to use these scores to request placement for their children in gifted programs, whether or not the program is appropriate for any particular child.

We have never used one of these programs, but I looked at one of these sites and it is riddled with language and grammar errors. If I were in the market for a program like this, I would not be impressed with one that allowed so many errors on its own website.

There are lots more useful ways to enhance a child's education than test prep programs.
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