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The NNAT and CogAT are instruments meant to be part of an identification process to provide the classroom situation best suited for a child's needs. They are not part of the competitive sport of test-taking. Getting a child placed into a program that the child doesn't need does nothing to enhance that child's education. 
It is silly to think of these tests as competitions, because they are not. No one is quivering and no one is screaming. People do think it is too bad that some parents don't realize that there is no need to spend a lot of money prepping for these tests.

(And really, academics as a primary extracurricular activity? That is just not what colleges are looking for. Colleges want kids who can be high achievers while engaging in non-academic extracurriculars and contributing to their community. They want kids like my young relative who has 750+ on each section of the SAT, well over 4.0 at a selective public magnet while playing a varsity sport every season and engaging in community service year round. They want kids who can get the grades and the scores without spending every waking second on academics and who will be a contributor, not just a taker, on campus at their school. No one is scared of the kid for whom academics is the primary extracurricular activity because they know that colleges are looking for much more than academics in their applicants.)

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