published benchmark for AAP pool
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From the FCPS website:
The 2012-13 benchmark score for the 2nd grade screening pool is 132 on the First Grade NNAT or 95th percentile on the Second Grade Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) Composite score. Please note the pool is only for 2nd grade students. All 2nd grade students will receive test scores from their local school. If your student is in the 2nd grade pool, you will be notified by the local school by the end of January. Students who are not in the pool may be referred for Level IV services by completing and submitting the Level IV Referral Form and optional materials to the Advanced Academic Resource Teacher or principal at their local school no later than February 8, 2013. This is a one-page document and there will be no exceptions to this deadline. Parents of students in the 2nd grade pool are also encouraged to submit optional materials according to the guidelines in the Parent Information Packet. The deadline for optional materials is February 8, 2013. Test results from fall administration of the CogAT are expected to reach families via mail by the end of January. Does anyone have any info on the 95th percentile? Is that on the new Fairfax scale, or overall? The 132 NNAT is normal, but this CogAT percentile is new. |
Anonymous
| That is the 25k question. I think we will know once we get our DCs CogAT scores. Any AART willing to enlighten us before then? |
Anonymous
| I was told by dc's teacher that the 95% margin is a much higher cutoff than previous years making the number of automatic in-pool kids much less. It is only the top 5% of kids in FCPS schools not nationwide. |
Anonymous
| Do you know the actual number? |
Anonymous
| There are ~13k 2nd graders so the number would be 650-700. |
Anonymous
| 95th seems lower than other years. |
Anonymous
| It's not. It's think it's definitely a higher standard this year if you look at how many kids will get in the pool based on their coat. Wasn't there 4000 files screened last year? |
Anonymous
It is, but for a different group of children. In the past, the student had to get a score that was better than 98 percent of ALL kids who took the test. That "ALL" includes thousands and thousands of kids across the country from all walks of life. The most recent test only looks at kids who took the test in Fairfax County. Now let's compare the 2 groups. The median household income in the US in 2012 was $50,000. The median household income in Fairfax County (in 2009 was the fastest I could find) was $102,000. So if you are taking a test, and you live in one of the wealthiest counties in the US AND your score is being compared with tens of thousands of kids who took the same test and more than likely live in a less affluent place, then chances are you will score much better than all those poorer kids. You will score in a higher percentile. It's easier for you to score higher than 95 percent of all the kids taking the test. BUT if you are taking the test and the only other kids taking the test also live in your wealthy area, then chances are most of you are going to do well. Why? Because you and your fellow test takers come from a wealthy area where your parents probably went to college and read to you in the womb and took you to music classes, etc, etc. And in order to be better than 98 percent of those mostly affluent kids taking the test, you have to score REALLY, REALLY high. In order to account for this smaller, but "stronger" population of test takers, the benchmark score was lowered. Another way to look at it is this--it's "easier" to graduate in the top 10% of the University of Maryland than it is to graduate in the top 10% at Harvard. |
Anonymous
| Thank you, PP. Any guesses as to 95% on Fairfax CoGAT equates to (approximately) on the national test? Just curious, because my non-FCPS student took the CoGAT at George Mason, not the Fairfax test. Thanks! |
Anonymous
| Is 95 percentile raw score ranking by age group (3 months gap) or ranking by all 2nd graders? |
Anonymous
| It is by age, as always, not grade. |
Anonymous
Since you are going to parent-referral your non-FCPS kids, there will be no cut off. Their file (prepared by you and their current teacher) will be reviewed by the committee, no matter how low the score is (you pay $50 for them to take a look anyway). As far as the comparable score, 132 was cut off for last year I believe. If your kids get 132 on NNAT or CoGAT, they are comparable to the FCPS kids that are in the pool, give or take. |
Anonymous
Thanks |