I lead strategy and research at Cuemath. I spend most of my week talking to parents across the US about how their children learn math, and turning what they tell us into what we build and teach.
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Your child cannot enter MOEMS alone. A school, institute, or homeschool group enrolls a team, and the contests run at school. What to ask your child's teacher, and the date to work toward.
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Parents talk about the CogAT as if it were one test. It is closer to a set of tests that share a name. What a kindergartener, a first grader, and a third grader actually take, and what two districts verifiably do with it.
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The ISEE changes shape by level, and the level follows the grade your child is applying to, not the grade they are in now. What each level actually asks, from a one-hour Primary sitting to the 161-question Upper Level.
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The report came home with a number and a phrase like "on grade level." Read the phrase before the number: what the score decides depends on your district, not on the test.
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The gifted test date belongs to the school. The referral deadline belongs to you. Here is how to find your district's referral window and read its deadline down to the clock time.
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The MAP report came home with a RIT score and no plain answer to whether it decides next year's math class. In the five districts we verified, it never decides alone. Here is what each one actually does with the number.