For those parents with children in this window, it seems to me the practical step would be to have them take the SAT anyway, and then submit scores whenever the criteria are released.
Indeed.
I am reluctant to put my DD who will just have turned 12 2 days prior through the lengthy test if she has no hope of 'qualifying'. She scored a 690 on the first practice 'benchmark' test when totally cold - had no prep whatsoever and hadn't even looked at a Maths book for weeks. But a) I don't know whether the CB tests are that representative of the real test and b) what she needs to score to get into SET, THINK etc. So I don't know how far she needs to 'reach' from that first baseline. I think it would be extremely discouraging to go through the hassle of the test without getting a reward like cooler summer camps etc and her age.
Still vacillating...
