Originally Posted by rachsr
I was wondering what sort of factors influence achievement test scores.Is it just dependent on the material the child is exposed to ? Is there anything else that would contribute to high scores on this test?

Not only what they have been exposed to (large part of it) but also some ability to make connections to what they already know (some creative/intuitive educated guessing).

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