Have Parents Been Buying Kids' Way into Gifted Student Program?
District to change tests after discovering a loophole for test takers.
Warren schools will no longer use the Screening Assessment for Gifted Elementary Students test to determine which students are prepared for accelerated studies—because some parents have been purchasing the test ahead of assessments to prep students. Warren Township Superintendent Tami Crader made the announcement at the June 25 meeting, recommending the board instead use a test known as the "Cognitive Abilities Test" or CogAT. Dr. Crader recommended the change after discovering the publisher of the SAGES test sells the test to the public—and some parents have apparently purchased copies in hopes of helping their kids get into the district's REACH program. "Our REACH teachers...have used SAGES for years, but SAGES is now dated, the norms …
LB
7:42 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
The whole story doesn't surprise me. The company apparently cares more about it's "bottom line" and parents in Warren are sometimes more competitive than the children! Parents need to relax--whether or not their children are in REACH will not determine their future scholastic success. I know many children who were not in REACH and went on to graduate middle and high schools with a number of … more ›