Most parents would not feel the need to prep if there was just standard tracking in elementary school. When I was a kid, we had tracking starting pretty young, 2nd or 3rd grade so normal bright kids were challenged and not bored. That is all us "prep" parents are trying to avoid. Teaching to the bottom of the class and eschewing tracking has not helped anyone.

Anonymous wrote:I have a first grader doing some test (not cogat) tomorrow and a second grader doing cogat. Were we supposed to prepare? Or are ppl talking about older kids? I had no idea what these tests are for. We are in Arlington.

You were not “supposed to” but some parents did. Both scores are used to place gifted kids.