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[quote=Anonymous]There are people here that believe in innate intelligence (group 1), and people that believe that everyone starts from the same point, and hard work is what matters (group 2).  And there are people in the middle -- there are smarted people, sure, but hard work is required to reach potential (group 3).

NOTE:  I KNOW CogAT is not an IQ test, but that is how it is used, and scaled.

Group 1 will not do any prep work.  They might to explore work, but it will be unrelated to any metrics

Group 2 is looking at the metrics.  Anything that can be done to improve metrics should be done.  These are the ones that will prepare the children for the IQ tests -- they do no believe in IQ as an innate measure, so actions to score higher will result in a smarter kid.

Group 3 probably will not prep the kids for the IQ tests, but they will enrich the kids in things, and try to enforce discipline in studies, but for the increase in knowledge and not for the specific metrics.

As an aside, the group 2 people usually do not get that in 'Murica, there are plenty of opportunities.  Your lifetime success is not defined by performance on any single test at anytime.  We can afford to give people second chances. [/quote]

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