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06.20.08, 18:51 PM NY Schools
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Where is your child going to school and did you prep? I'll start - Anderson and I prepped dd a bit (maybe 3 or 4 hours in total over the course of about a month). [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.20.08, 06:51 PM Flag
 

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Anderson. We went over the practice test 1 time about 2 weeks before test- that is it. i feel that normal everyday things that parents do with kids is prep enough. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 06:54 PM Flag
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NEST and we prepped a lot [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 06:56 PM Flag
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I am the 1st responder above- not flaming or judging, just wondering if you are afraid your dc may have to work harder and might struggle? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 06:57 PM Flag
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Not at all. I think she probably would've scored high without, but so much was riding on it that we weren't taking any chances. She's already reading and adding and subtracting double digits, for ex, and we didn't teach her that [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:01 PM Flag
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166 G&T (3rd choice)- DD scored 99 and 99 on SB- No prep. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 06:58 PM Flag
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Nest. Did the sample OLSAT and 2 pages of KTSS. He had also taken the ERB and done private playdates so was used to going off with a teacher for a chat. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:02 PM Flag
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Anderson - no prep at all. Dc would not stand for even one second of it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:03 PM Flag
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ditto. ds, as well. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:26 PM Flag
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i didn't prep at all. when we left to go to the test, i told him a bit about person going to ask him questions, etc. he scored 99. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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^we're one above who turned down nest. he will go to his local gen ed school [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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Anderson. We did KTSS. Like poster above, dc was already doing double digit math with carry the number and borrow the number, so i'm not worried the dc will have trouble keeping up. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:12 PM Flag
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Nest. Did the practice test twice, once 3 weeks before and the night before. Nothing else. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:26 PM Flag
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Anderson, we prepped using the KTSS, about 20-30 min at a time on a weekend, spread out over about 4-5 weekends. DC loved the worksheets and even after we had finished them, kept asking to do them again. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.20.08, 07:31 PM Flag
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nest 99% no prep. just couldn't do it after being shut out last year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.21.08, 04:49 PM Flag
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NEST, no prepping at all. Not even the practice test, which we never received. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.21.08, 04:53 PM Flag
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You had to go pick it up. There was no receiving. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.21.08, 04:56 PM Flag
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Didn't prep for NEST, got in and turned them down quickly.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 05:40 PM Flag
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Why would you even apply just to turn them down "quickly". I think that is a big problem. With no waitlist - you wasted a spot that someone else could have taken. So selfish......... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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Nest - not prep at all. 20 minutes on the practice test a week before the test. Barely have enough time to cook dinner let alone playing around with test prep. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.22.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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