Originally Posted by Grinity
I don't encourage 'practicing' for any test used similarly to an IQ test, because it makes it harder to compare 'apples to apples.' Not that I don't sympathise, because the Cogat and OLSAT can be very unfair to the very gifted kids they are screening for - and all kids deserve to get their academic needs met.

But still....
Grinity

There are several books and "prep bundles" on Amazon for the Cogat. I think it is inevitable that if a test is used to decide something parents think is important, they will prepare their children for the test. The SAT is useful even though there is much more preparation material available now than 40 years ago. Ideally other tests used for selection would be similarly robust.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell