Anonymous wrote:Phew! Glad we didn't prep for the CoGat all summer!

Me too

The CogAt multilevel is what fcps should use, not the easier one that they currently use.

I am wondering how is the FAT constructed. I assume that they just worked up on COGAT to delete questions that all kids answered correctly and added several difficult questions so kids can be differentiated. I am not sure how will they do the age-adjusted score though - will the county have a large enough pool of kids born in each month to compute the age-adjusted score?

I hope the FAT is a better test than the COGAT. A good IQ test should not be too affected by preparation. To truly differentiate kids, they should make the concepts much more abstract; that way, no preparation is useful unless it is real IQ improvement.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL, did they come up with a whole new test to thwart the preppers? I bet this is really throwing a wrench in the schedules for all those kiddie Asian afterschool prep classes.

pure speculation on my part, but my guess is the new test is designed to reduce the disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.

I think it is to counter the issue they had with CogAT Form 7.

What was the issue?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/215608.page#2144734

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL, did they come up with a whole new test to thwart the preppers? I bet this is really throwing a wrench in the schedules for all those kiddie Asian afterschool prep classes.

pure speculation on my part, but my guess is the new test is designed to reduce the disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.

I think it is to counter the issue they had with CogAT Form 7.

What was the issue?

Yes, what is the issue?

Also, I would be interested in knowing how the readers here view various levels of prepping. I have read pros and cons. What I want to know is whether you view prepping via a commerical course as significantly different compared to going over the sample test provided by the company that publishes the exams (NNAT and CoGAT). Thanks in advance.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL, did they come up with a whole new test to thwart the preppers? I bet this is really throwing a wrench in the schedules for all those kiddie Asian afterschool prep classes.

pure speculation on my part, but my guess is the new test is designed to reduce the disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.

I think it is to counter the issue they had with CogAT Form 7.

What was the issue?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL, did they come up with a whole new test to thwart the preppers? I bet this is really throwing a wrench in the schedules for all those kiddie Asian afterschool prep classes.

pure speculation on my part, but my guess is the new test is designed to reduce the disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.

I think it is to counter the issue they had with CogAT Form 7.

Anonymous wrote:LOL, did they come up with a whole new test to thwart the preppers? I bet this is really throwing a wrench in the schedules for all those kiddie Asian afterschool prep classes.

pure speculation on my part, but my guess is the new test is designed to reduce the disparate impact on blacks and Hispanics.