Hmm. I guess I don't really think this is an appropriate achievement test to prep for. Isn't the point simply to see what your child is capable of at this moment w/o prepping? The stakes are not high like they are for the actal ACT or SAT, or even the PSAT. I do consider studying for this test to be gaming it in some sense, since I would say there is a bit of a gentleman's agreement/assumption that this is a "let's see what you can do" test, not a "study your damn little heart out" test.
I'm familiar with Po Bronson and Carol Dweck. I don't think they quite apply here.
I gave DD the sample science questions and she did extremely well, so at least for that category, I appear to be off base anyway. (So maybe I am a hypocrite. I just wanted to see if she would tank it or do okay, and if she would panic. She did in fact panic and said she was getting everything wrong. She got one wrong.)
