High NNAT and Above Average COGAT , should I refer for AAP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[b]It can be a bit of a struggle from out of state...
Apply OP and see what happens. It is a very simple process.

OP here , thanks
Did you wisc before applying or were your DC scores already above cut-off?
Please advise

PP here. Did not get a WISC. Scores were from a different test altogether, administered by the state my child last attended. There is a list of tests fcps accepts from other states and it is one of those. In our case, those scores were in the upper 99%. We submitted only the test scores we already had, parent referal form, latest report card, and GT identification letter from the previous school (and made a note that the child was identified GT in another previous state.) No work samples or gbrs (work samples were in a moving truck somewhere and the prior school was closed for the summer.)

We know of about a dozen other families that moved here in the past few years and they all had the same easy and simple experience getting their children placed properly. Most of them had similar scores as my child; a few had slightly lower scores. Several others who did not know about the placement process were given the cogat in the early fall by fcps and identified to switch at semester, and one was recommended to switch to AAP a month into the school year (Near genius child w/very high test scores from years back whose parents were unaware of how the fcps gifted program was structured and did not know of the center schools or the application process.)

Fcps works very hard to properly identify and place qualifying children, and to also provide accelerated services in areas like math and reading for kids who do not qualify but who need enrichment in certain areas. This district is very proactive with providing whatever advanced services are necessary.

Of the dozen or so students that I personally know who transferred in from out of state, every single one of them were placed in AAP, most at the start of the school year and the rest by the end of the first semester.

[Anonymous]

11:41 here again.

OP, don't get spun up from the information on these boards.

Having lived here a few years, I can say that from my experience and observations, placement in AAP is a very simple process. Fcps really does a good job trying to identify and provide this service to as many students who need is, and also provides enrichment for kids who might not need the full immersion but who still need a little extra challenge, through the base schools.

Don't use dcum as a measure of how stressed and worked up you need to get about the process. If your child has high test scores and GT identification from an out of state district, it should be a very easy process for you.

The drama here comes from parents trying to keep up with each other, or from parents whose kids do not qualify for the services but who desparately want to get them placed. It is not from the district. Their acceptance process is really straight forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[b]It can be a bit of a struggle from out of state...
Apply OP and see what happens. It is a very simple process.

OP here , thanks
Did you wisc before applying or were your DC scores already above cut-off?
Please advise

PP here. Did not get a WISC. Scores were from a different test altogether, administered by the state my child last attended. There is a list of tests fcps accepts from other states and it is one of those. In our case, those scores were in the upper 99%. We submitted only the test scores we already had, parent referal form, latest report card, and GT identification letter from the previous school (and made a note that the child was identified GT in another previous state.) No work samples or gbrs (work samples were in a moving truck somewhere and the prior school was closed for the summer.)

We know of about a dozen other families that moved here in the past few years and they all had the same easy and simple experience getting their children placed properly. Most of them had similar scores as my child; a few had slightly lower scores. Several others who did not know about the placement process were given the cogat in the early fall by fcps and identified to switch at semester, and one was recommended to switch to AAP a month into the school year (Near genius child w/very high test scores from years back whose parents were unaware of how the fcps gifted program was structured and did not know of the center schools or the application process.)

Fcps works very hard to properly identify and place qualifying children, and to also provide accelerated services in areas like math and reading for kids who do not qualify but who need enrichment in certain areas. This district is very proactive with providing whatever advanced services are necessary.

Of the dozen or so students that I personally know who transferred in from out of state, every single one of them were placed in AAP, most at the start of the school year and the rest by the end of the first semester.

Thanks a lot !!! Its great to hear from a parent who has been through a similar situation.

[Anonymous]

Hello Michigan. My daughter, who is now 17, had almost the exact same experience as your son. She actually got a perfect Naglieri score (160) and a 120 on her CogAt. Since you only need one score to be roughly 135 or better, she got into the Gifted and Talented Program (at least that's what the criteria was back then). And it was the right place for her. The whole point of adding that second test back around the year 2000 was to identify gifted children that the other test missed. My daughter is currently a senior at The Howard Gardner School which specializes in identifying any of 9 different kinds of intelligences--something the public high schools in our wonderful county do not do. Maybe one day they will--one can only hope. Good luck to you and your son!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello Michigan. My daughter, who is now 17, had almost the exact same experience as your son. She actually got a perfect Naglieri score (160) and a 120 on her CogAt. Since you only need one score to be roughly 135 or better, she got into the Gifted and Talented Program (at least that's what the criteria was back then). And it was the right place for her. The whole point of adding that second test back around the year 2000 was to identify gifted children that the other test missed. My daughter is currently a senior at The Howard Gardner School which specializes in identifying any of 9 different kinds of intelligences--something the public high schools in our wonderful county do not do. Maybe one day they will--one can only hope. Good luck to you and your son!

OP Here - Thanks for sharing your experience, it helps a lot !!
We will be applying this summer .. will post back and let everyone know how it goes.. I really appreciate all the wonderful insights folks have selflessly given on my post.

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