Parents like you whose children are preparing for the NNAT test are parents who strive to provide the best for their children. And last week something happened that confirms how a single test can change your child’s lifelong trajectory.
What happened last week, you ask? Simple: NYC Gifted and Talented scores came out. As you know, Testing Mom caters to parents all over the country and indeed all over the world, so chances are you aren’t among the parents in NYC wringing their hands over their child’s recently-released score. But my hunch is that no matter where you live, you’ll be able to relate to what these parents are going through just by the fact that you are a parent who cares about your child’s educational well-being.
Indeed, if you’re preparing your child for the NNAT test the specter of waiting by the phone, as it were, for your child’s test scores to come through, is something both uniquely familiar and uniquely terrifying.
Of course, today many parents across NYC are feeling gratitude that their child scored in the 99th percentile, qualifying them for a seat in a citywide G&T program. To those parents, I say, “Congrats and good job!”
On the other side of the fence, I can tell you from experience that there are countless frantic, disheartened and upset parents who were shocked at their children’s low test scores. Without fail, once the scores come out there are two types of parent: those who are elated and those who are crushed.
The best way to avoid falling on the wrong side of this equation is to make sure that your child is well-prepared for the NNAT weeks if not months in advance of test day. I can tell you from experience that the parents whose children get crushingly low scores are those who failed to prepare.
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