The sentence is awkward and seems somewhat unintelligible on purpose.

This statement by FCPS

FCPS staff members chose to administer the custom form of the CogAT this year after it came to our attention that some students, in previous years, had prepared for the CogAT using the exact form of the CogAT being administered in FCPS.

has caused quite a lot of comment about CogAT prep practices. Just one sentence has generated pages of comments.

Reading comprehension and logic grade: F

Anonymous wrote:
Wow! A lot of posters did not like the suggestion to ask the AART to take a look at their CogAT prep materials!

And that doesn't make sense. The school system says,

FCPS staff members chose to administer the custom form of the CogAT this year after it came to our attention that some students, in previous years, had prepared for the CogAT using the exact form of the CogAT being administered in FCPS.

If I were using any CogAT prep books and worksheets with my child, when I read this statement by the school, I would want to make sure that the materials I had used were not the same ones being referred to in this sentence.

Part of the AART's job is to answer parent questions about the program and this is certainly a worthwhile question to ask. If the AART doesn't know the answer, he or she can probably find out. These books might be perfectly fine and acceptable, so it would be good to know that.

And this thread is about the CogAT, an assessment for second graders, not the SAT, a knowledge test for high school students.

0 pts

Reading comprehension Grade: F (fail)

Wow, the poster has discovered an anomaly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everbody preps. Everybody who got into TJ was prepped.

I happen to know for a fact that that is not true.

liar

I personally know a TJ student who never took any sort of TJ prep class or used any kind of TJ prep materials. This student spent after school and weekend hours in athletic, cultural, and arts activities. True, many of the students this student has met at TJ did attend prep programs, but this particular student did not and there are probably lots of others who also did not. It is entirely possible for a student who works hard and studies a lot but doesn't do a prep class to go to TJ.

Here's the answer, right at 10:22

Nothing. The owners do not produce it as an ability test. It is a test of what high school students who are applying to college have learned so far.

And this thread is about the CogAT, an assessment for second graders, not the SAT, a knowledge test for high school students.

Well the College Board did not design the test as an aptitude test. They designed it as an achievement test but called it an aptitude test. Companies can do that you know.

Bingo!

100 points

Scholastic Aptitude Test = SAT

SAT is an aptitude test.

What does that A stand for in SAT?



Please do not cheat.


I bet there are dummies who claim A stands for achievement.

Wow! A lot of posters did not like the suggestion to ask the AART to take a look at their CogAT prep materials!

Nothing. The owners do not produce it as an ability test. It is a test of what high school students who are applying to college have learned so far.