The sample tests and drills came from my creative brain? It's hard for me to shut my brain down when interacting with my children. We discuss myriads of topics and problems from many vantage points and perspectives.

Is this an ethical breach when my kids come home and tell me my exercises with them prepared them for most tests they have ever taken in school...down to the topic material most of the time. I am sure I am not alone as a parent, like others, who have already gone to school and have a good idea what will be on an English, Math, Science, History, or Reading exam. Many parents are well versed in classic literature, basic math and sciences to guide their children without the need for the mysterious "materials" and "businesses" you constantly refer to.

And you had better believe this interaction is "test prep" indeed ---the best kind!

Guilty as charged!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It has been stated repeatedly here that no one has a problem with general education, hard work, study and preparation.

People only have a problem with parents who use materials with their children that so closely mimic the actual second grade test used here that children come home saying that the test was the "same" as the ones they studied together in advance.

I suspect the level of folk falling into this category amounts to background noise as it is proportionally a very minor element in the whole process. Best to settle down and chiil out.

It may or may not be a small proportion of the parent and child population here. It is, though, the type of "test prep" that people object to.

Anonymous wrote:

It has been stated repeatedly here that no one has a problem with general education, hard work, study and preparation.

People only have a problem with parents who use materials with their children that so closely mimic the actual second grade test used here that children come home saying that the test was the "same" as the ones they studied together in advance.

I suspect the level of folk falling into this category amounts to background noise as it is proportionally a very minor element in the whole process. Best to settle down and chiil out.

The fact that something is legal does not makes it's use ethically correct.

Here is a link to the full case

http://wa.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.asp...ac.20110804_0001768.WWA.htm/qx

C. Riverside Has Not Proven It Will Suffer Irreparable Harm.

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E. The Public Interest Favors Mercer.

To the extent that the public interest is implicated in this case at all, it favors Mercer. Riverside seeks to suppress Mercer's speech, which is rarely in the public interest. It is never in the public interest where there is no evidence that the speech infringes any copyright, presents false or misleading information, or is the result of anyone's wrongful conduct. Riverside touts only the public's interest in enforcing settlement agreements. As the court has already held, however, Riverside is not likely to prevail in proving any breach of the Settlement Agreement.

D. The Balance of Hardships Tips in Mercer's Favor.

Riverside faces the possibility that some customers will continue to assume, without evidence, that Mercer obtained inside information about the CogAT.

It has been stated repeatedly here that no one has a problem with general education, hard work, study and preparation.

People only have a problem with parents who use materials with their children that so closely mimic the actual second grade test used here that children come home saying that the test was the "same" as the ones they studied together in advance.

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One can say over and over again that "preparation is the key to life" blah, blah, blah, but it doesn't change the fact that the type of test prep many people in Fairfax County were using was not approved by FCPS and was not appropriate for use by parents and students before taking the tests used here. The type of "test prep" discussed here is very, very different from the many other types of study and preparation referred to in some of the posts on this thread.

FCPS has specifically said that they changed the test because of the inappropriate "prep" materials used by some parents. People react in different ways when a wrong has been pointed out to them. In this particular case, some posters have reacted by disparaging those who have pointed out the wrong: calling them racists, lazy, entitled, anything they can think of to distract attention from the fact that certain types of "test prep" are not considered appropriate by the school district.

Hard work and study and "test prep" are referring to two different processes. FCPS changed the test because people were using inappropriate materials to "prep" their children.

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Anonymous wrote:

Haha, how many times is "test prep" going to be compared to general preparation for life?

"Test prep" is very different and has been defined many times here, and is what is being discussed, not whether kids should study and work hard.

How many FCPS students use the actual test to "test prep"?

You do understand. don't you, that a sample test does not need to be the "actual test" to be so close to the actual test that it's use is not quite ethical?