When do NNAT scores typically come out for kids who took it in Nov.?

[Anonymous]

Second grade referrals for those not in pool are due Feb 3rd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Second grade referrals for those not in pool are due Feb 3rd.

So presumably the results could come after that deadline? Why not make the deadline in March if they can't get the results out until late January/beginning if February?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Second grade referrals for those not in pool are due Feb 3rd.

So presumably the results could come after that deadline? Why not make the deadline in March if they can't get the results out until late January/beginning if February?

The NNAT results from November don't affect this year's application. The kids who are applying this year got their first grade results last February. Also, it's not that they can't get the results out earlier, they choose not to so less people apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, it's not that they can't get the results out earlier, they choose not to so less people apply.

Ahh, yes - cannot forget that that "fact" that FCPS chooses to toy with parents all across the county, just like a cat does with a mouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, it's not that they can't get the results out earlier, they choose not to so less people apply.

Ahh, yes - cannot forget that that "fact" that FCPS chooses to toy with parents all across the county, just like a cat does with a mouse.

Arlington County kids took CogAT and NNAT during the same time period as FCPS and the results were sent home a month ago. I guess you could be right that there are just totally incompetent people in FCPS who can't do the simple task of forwarding the results to the parents. If that characterization works better for you, we can go with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, it's not that they can't get the results out earlier, they choose not to so less people apply.

Ahh, yes - cannot forget that that "fact" that FCPS chooses to toy with parents all across the county, just like a cat does with a mouse.

Arlington County kids took CogAT and NNAT during the same time period as FCPS and the results were sent home a month ago. I guess you could be right that there are just totally incompetent people in FCPS who can't do the simple task of forwarding the results to the parents. If that characterization works better for you, we can go with that.

Hmmm -- were the number of Arlington County kids that "took the CogAT and NNAT during the same time period as FCPS" the same?

[Anonymous]

Arlington County Public Schools Pre-K-12 Enrollment = 23,316

Fairax County Public Schools Projected Enrollment: 184,625


http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Shared/QuickFacts.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/about/index.shtml

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington County Public Schools Pre-K-12 Enrollment = 23,316

Fairax County Public Schools Projected Enrollment: 184,625


http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Shared/QuickFacts.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/about/index.shtml

You do realize that there is a larger staff in FCPS to accommodate the larger number of students, don't you? Just like they have more schools, more teacher's....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington County Public Schools Pre-K-12 Enrollment = 23,316

Fairax County Public Schools Projected Enrollment: 184,625


http://www.apsva.us/cms/lib2/VA01000586/Centricity/Shared/QuickFacts.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/about/index.shtml

You do realize that there is a larger staff in FCPS to accommodate the larger number of students, don't you? Just like they have more schools, more teacher's....

All that score processing and all that envelope processing is not done by teachers.

[Anonymous]

Sorry but it still doesn't take 3 months to stuff an envelope-and if staffing is such as issue, there is a lovely little thing called electronic mail...perhaps you've heard of that, Fairfax County administrators?

They are deliberate about returning test scores and pool letters as late as possible before the deadline to dissuade referrals-nothing has changed AT ALL since my older child went through the process a couple of years ago, and nothing will in the future either!!

[Anonymous]

Since the county pays for the testing, I believe that means they own the scores and they can send them or not whenever they want. We could as parents pay for private testing and then we would be given the scores much more quickly. But technically, the NNAT and FxAT scores belong to FCPS, not us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but it still doesn't take 3 months to stuff an envelope-and if staffing is such as issue, there is a lovely little thing called electronic mail...perhaps you've heard of that, Fairfax County administrators?

They are deliberate about returning test scores and pool letters as late as possible before the deadline to dissuade referrals-nothing has changed AT ALL since my older child went through the process a couple of years ago, and nothing will in the future either!!

Maybe scores can be posted on the door of the school and parents can just look them up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but it still doesn't take 3 months to stuff an envelope-and if staffing is such as issue, there is a lovely little thing called electronic mail...perhaps you've heard of that, Fairfax County administrators?

They are deliberate about returning test scores and pool letters as late as possible before the deadline to dissuade referrals-nothing has changed AT ALL since my older child went through the process a couple of years ago, and nothing will in the future either!!

Maybe scores can be posted on the door of the school and parents can just look them up there.

OMG, next time give a warning when you are going to post something so hilarious! I nearly spit out my coffee. I have seen what it's like when the school posts the classroom assignments in August. I can only imagine the scene if AAP screening scores were posted. The image of parents clawing at each other to get a view of their kid's score outside some door is great. Based on the fact that a separate forum had to be set up here on DCUM, I could see parents camping out to make sure they got their score the second it was posted.

Good one PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since the county pays for the testing, I believe that means they own the scores and they can send them or not whenever they want. We could as parents pay for private testing and then we would be given the scores much more quickly. But technically, the NNAT and FxAT scores belong to FCPS, not us.

You are right and the point is, they choose to delay, but there is a poster that thinks that it's not something that they have chosen to do and that it actually takes that long to process. They own the test and can delay, and as a parent who pays taxes used to pay for the test I can comment that I think the delay is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but it still doesn't take 3 months to stuff an envelope-and if staffing is such as issue, there is a lovely little thing called electronic mail...perhaps you've heard of that, Fairfax County administrators?

They are deliberate about returning test scores and pool letters as late as possible before the deadline to dissuade referrals-nothing has changed AT ALL since my older child went through the process a couple of years ago, and nothing will in the future either!!

Maybe scores can be posted on the door of the school and parents can just look them up there.

OMG, next time give a warning when you are going to post something so hilarious! I nearly spit out my coffee. I have seen what it's like when the school posts the classroom assignments in August. I can only imagine the scene if AAP screening scores were posted. The image of parents clawing at each other to get a view of their kid's score outside some door is great. Based on the fact that a separate forum had to be set up here on DCUM, I could see parents camping out to make sure they got their score the second it was posted.

Good one PP.

It would save a lot of money and time.