In NYC prepping is such a big deal. The private schools use the WISC, although they call it the ERB because of the office that administers it. The report written by the psych would be a huge red flag there. Hunter elem uses the SB V, they use most but not all of the subtests because of the cheating. When DS was tested, the tester mentioned that one of her testees had to be reported and that 3 kids that year had been disqualified. Rumor has it they re going to create their own test because of the cheating. In some cases it's not the parents per se, its that they send the kids to prep places, and those places cross the line or are on the line. The NYC DOE actually gives a sample test for familiarization but that opens the door for prepping as well.
A lot of the preppers argument is that if you can prep a 97 to a 99 and that just shows its meaningless, however, teachers and admin have told me that they can see the difference which is why they care beyond the cheating aspect.
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This is what I was wondering about - these prep places in NYC (are they in other places? As far as I know there are none in my area but if there were I am sure it would be FILLED), are they considered "cheating" by schools and official testers? If the tester were to ask the child if he or she went to one and the child answers affirmatively would the child then be disqualified? Or if the child offers the info? I can't imagine my child is different that he is the only one who would pipe right up that he "prepared" and give plenty of details....Are not the other children doing this? If I were to tell my child NOT to say he studied, I am pretty much sure he would tell the tester anyway - particularly if asked (he doesn't like to lie). The poor kids, many must feel very conflicted because I can't imagine how one would accomplish this for most of the kids without the children feeling like fakes, frauds or cheaters, ykim? I guess what I am curious about is what/where exactly is the line? Are the prep places disqualifying? Does saying you studied at all disqualify the child? Or does there have to pretty hard evidence that the child actually practiced the real test? I am just very curious about it all. And VERY relieved I don't have to deal with the NYC madness - that sounds like a veritable nightmare.
