Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a question for those who believe that prepping is OK--especially those who believe it's actually the *right* thing to do:
Have you shared the fact that you prepped your child with your child's teacher and/or school administration? Your AAP teacher, if your child did get into the center?
If you haven't, why not?
To answer your question. They have not asked, should they do so, I would gladly admit to prep. My child is only in first grade, but I prepped for the NNAT2 - don't have results yet so have no idea what good it may or may not have done. It's not as if you can make them smarter, but you are teaching them basic test taking skills at minimum (eliminate the wrong answers, focus and listen to the directions for each section, make your best guess, etc.) and what to look out for (how they try to trick you if you are not paying attention). What they do with that is up to them. Have you looked at the tests? I think it is unfair to have a kid take those cold turkey. You are just familiarizing them with the format and making them comfortable, all kids should get that. It's not as if you have to "study" for weeks on end forgoing playtime. I have not looked at the CogAT, so maybe that one is different...but I will prep for that next year. Well, if the school won't help them prepare, I will.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a question for those who believe that prepping is OK--especially those who believe it's actually the *right* thing to do:
Have you shared the fact that you prepped your child with your child's teacher and/or school administration? Your AAP teacher, if your child did get into the center?
If you haven't, why not?
To answer your question. They have not asked, should they do so, I would gladly admit to prep. My child is only in first grade, but I prepped for the NNAT2 - don't have results yet so have no idea what good it may or may not have done. It's not as if you can make them smarter, but you are teaching them basic test taking skills at minimum (eliminate the wrong answers, focus and listen to the directions for each section, make your best guess, etc.) and what to look out for (how they try to trick you if you are not paying attention). What they do with that is up to them. Have you looked at the tests? I think it is unfair to have a kid take those cold turkey. You are just familiarizing them with the format and making them comfortable, all kids should get that. It's not as if you have to "study" for weeks on end forgoing playtime. I have not looked at the CogAT, so maybe that one is different...but I will prep for that next year. Well, if the school won't help them prepare, I will.
Anonymous wrote:I have a question for those who believe that prepping is OK--especially those who believe it's actually the *right* thing to do:
Have you shared the fact that you prepped your child with your child's teacher and/or school administration? Your AAP teacher, if your child did get into the center?
If you haven't, why not?
Hahaha! I actually am not a parent whose kid preps.
I have one of those eat a good breakfast (the kid never gets a good nights sleep so we don't even try) 99% type of kids, who generally hits the ceiling on every test he takes, from the SOLs on up to everything else.
Testing is easy for my kid. Easy, easy, easy. As a result, work ethic is lacking.
I would rather have a class full of hard working, prep for everything, studying all the time classmates and their Tiger moms raising the bar and helping my kid to understand that in the long run, it is about the work ethic, not just acing tests over material he either never saw, or only glanced through once.
Those hard working classmates are reaching him in a way that my lectures never had.
And so we are very happy to have them in my kids class.
Anonymous wrote:
You're either missing my point or you're ignoring the question.
If it's such a good, necessary thing to prep your kids for these assessment tests, do you share that with your child's teacher? After all, there's nothing wrong with it....right?
New poster. I have and I did. I told my teacher I prepped my child for the subjects and content covered in AAP over the last 4 years. She laughed, and countered. It shows in her performance in her studies and classes.
Hahaha! I actually am not a parent whose kid preps.
I have one of those eat a good breakfast (the kid never gets a good nights sleep so we don't even try) 99% type of kids, who generally hits the ceiling on every test he takes, from the SOLs on up to everything else.
Testing is easy for my kid. Easy, easy, easy. As a result, work ethic is lacking.
I would rather have a class full of hard working, prep for everything, studying all the time classmates and their Tiger moms raising the bar and helping my kid to understand that in the long run, it is about the work ethic, not just acing tests over material he either never saw, or only glanced through once.
Those hard working classmates are reaching him in a way that my lectures never had.
And so we are very happy to have them in my kids class.
You're either missing my point or you're ignoring the question.
If it's such a good, necessary thing to prep your kids for these assessment tests, do you share that with your child's teacher? After all, there's nothing wrong with it....right?
Anonymous wrote:Your refusal to actually answer my question speaks volumes.
Thanks.
Anonymous wrote:You're either missing my point or you're ignoring the question.
If it's such a good, necessary thing to prep your kids for these assessment tests, do you share that with your child's teacher? After all, there's nothing wrong with it....right?
Anonymous wrote:I have a question for those who believe that prepping is OK--especially those who believe it's actually the *right* thing to do:
Have you shared the fact that you prepped your child with your child's teacher and/or school administration? Your AAP teacher, if your child did get into the center?
If you haven't, why not?