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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test prep is studying to do well on a particular test. Everyone knows that and pretending otherwise is disingenous.

Since these are ability tests, not achievement tests, teaching your children how to take the test ahead of time is cheating and distorts their scores. [/quote]

Isn't SAT ability test not achievement test?[/quote]

No.  [/quote]

Really?  http://www.actstudent.org/faq/actsat.html  Quoting:  "The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school. The SAT is more of an [b]aptitude test[/b], testing reasoning and verbal abilities.:  Guess the testing companies have it wrong, too.  Now, do you still think it is wrong to prep for the SATs?[/quote]

Well, that's what the ACT people say, but the SAT people say this:

[quote]The SAT is a globally recognized college admission test that lets you show colleges what you know and how well you can apply that knowledge. It tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math — subjects that are taught every day in high school classrooms. [/quote]

I'd say the SAT people know more about the SAT than the ACT people do.

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"Today, the SAT is the benchmark standardized assessment of the critical reading, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills students have developed over time and that they need to be successful in college." [/quote]

But this is supposed to be testing for a gifted program - which doesn't exist as a gifted program any longer.  If this was truly a gifted program, which I wish it was, then the testing should be IQ testing and not an achievement test that you prep for.  Since this AAP is not a gifted program, in the true sense, then this is what you get!  Bickering over test prepping.

I didn't prep my DC and their score maxed out both tests.  My DC needs a real gifted program and this is what I'm left with - a program that meets her needs a little better than her base school but not exactly what she should really be getting.  The curriculum is still moving too slow for her.  So, you can argue all day long about whether or not it's fair to test prep, but they need to issue actual IQ tests, have a strict cut off and call it a day.

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