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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP:   We are not talking about studying.  If Prep == Learning  the material, then that is fine.  We are talking about a test designed to measure how smart a kid is.

Now....[b]what has happened is some people got copies of the test [/b]-- that is what exact form means.  That test was used under the guise of test prep.  Memorizing the exact test is what FCPS prohibits.  Just like my daughter is not aloud to copy off her neighbor.

FCPS invented a new test (or formulated) because of the prep.  That cost tax payers money.  They own the test, so no one else can get a copy of it.

How is this so hard for you to understand?  MEMORIZING OR COPYING FROM THE EXACT FORM IS CHEATING!  
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This is False.  From a previous post:

Here is an excerpt from a lawsuit filed against the test prep company by the publishers of the cogat test. Specifically mentions fairfax county.
 
Riverside's evidence of irreparable harm is meager. According to Riverside, Mercer's previous practice exams were so similar to the CogAT that Riverside's customers perceived that the integrity of the exam had been compromised. The sole evidence of this harm, however, comes in a single paragraph of the declaration of Tracey Barrett, a Riverside vice-president. She declares that "Riverside received complaints from several school district customers regarding extensive similarities between [Mercer's] practice exams and Riverside's CogAT exams." Barrett Decl. ¶ 4. The sole example she provides is that an unnamed person or persons at Virginia's Fairfax County Public School District "complained that Mercer's practice exams were strikingly similar to Riverside's exams," and that it "belie[ved] that Mercer's practice exams defeated the integrity of Riverside's CogAT exams." Id. Riverside provided no evidence from anyone at the Fairfax school district or any other school district. Ms. Barrett states that "several" customers had similar complaints, but there is no evidence of how many, and there is no evidence of how many customers had no complaints. Moreover, the evidence shows that Mercer has continued to publish the practice exams it submitted in 2009, with minimal changes due to Riverside's objections. Despite the widespread availability of those exams for at least several years, Riverside has no evidence that it has lost a single customer because of the belief that the Mercer practice exams compromise the integrity of the CogAT. [/quote]

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