...they tested her without giving us a chance to prepare.
There are many ways of "preparing" for a test. In my children's school, every child was prepped the week before the test. They were given a description and sample of every problem type so they could learn what would be expected of them and ask questions in time to clear up any potentially disastrous misconceptions. Not only do I not see any harm in this, I think that it diminishes distortions created by cram schools and leads to test results that better reflect ability instead of familiarity. Did your daughter's peers have a similar "chance to prepare" that she did not?
