Would a child with extremely high verbal/average math or extremely high math/average verbal NOT get in?

[Anonymous]

Are we talking about Cogat scores?

Sample size of 1- DC was new to the area for this year. At the fall conference, DC's teacher mentioned AAP if we're interested. So I applied then got the Cogat scores back the very last day before Christmas that didn't make any sense. 95% subject A and 82% in subject B. But DC is clearly naturally more talented in subject B than subject A, so it just made no sense. I requested the packet from the AART after they were sent off to the committee and DC had an excellent HOPE score and IMO good work samples so I remained hopeful but... rejected.

I paid for a WISC at GMU more out of curiosity than anything, and that made much more sense. 96% in subject A and now 99.9% in subject B. I felt compelled to continue with the appeal using the WISC and other data from the teacher, who supports the appeal. I know they like to discount the WISC these days, so who knows. We'll see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, my DC had very low hope scores. DC received 5-6 rarely, a few oftens and maybe two always. DC got into AAP. I attribute it to their 99th percentile scores in NNAT, COGAT, math and reading Iready scores in first and second grade. I can’t agree that a high Hope score is an indicator of getting into AAP.

same here. We had 1 rarely and nothing above often. I was not happy esp. compared to "always" ratings disclosed on this board. But DS got in.

Same here. High test scores but very low HOPE scores. DC also got in. I was also unhappy finding out the scores when reading the AAP packet, and thought there was no chance of child getting into AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, my DC had very low hope scores. DC received 5-6 rarely, a few oftens and maybe two always. DC got into AAP. I attribute it to their 99th percentile scores in NNAT, COGAT, math and reading Iready scores in first and second grade. I can’t agree that a high Hope score is an indicator of getting into AAP.

Do you feel superior now for bragging about your child instead of answering the question?

Pp here, no I don’t feel superior. However if you need to know, since you seem to be the only impolite DCUM on here to call me out, my DC has issues connecting with other students and has impulsivity issues. DC has zero self control and learning how to manage and cope with change and transitions. But it’s hard for them. Yet, while they try hard to control themselves at school, they still received low HOPE scores from their teachers. When I saw those low HOPE scores I thought there would be ZERO chance that DC could get selected into AAP. Surprisingly they got in and maybe it was due to their consistent high test scores, I don’t know. All I was trying to say, as a response to a different PP, that DC had high test scores and low HOPE scores and was selected for AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My theory is Level III is for one subject acceleration and Level IV is for two or more subject acceleration. So in your case your child might be perfect candidate for level III but not level IV.

I can tell you this isn't accurate as my daughter has been in lvl 3 for all 4 subject areas for 2 years now. We have gone through 3 applications and 2 appeals all being denied.