Do you have a kid like this who did not get into AAP?

[Anonymous]

Anyone have one of those kids that everybody assumed would be in AAP from an early age and then he or she did not get in? I am afraid (based on NNAT score) that is going to be my kid.

[Anonymous]

what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

Same here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

DS has a friend from preschool who is naturally super smart. he is very sharp, learned to read early, can spell well and is knowledgeable. He tested only average on both the NnAT and cogat and did not get into AAP. his mom said he does not enjoy school, fights with her daily about doing homework despite being very bright. I feel like it is a shame because he is so smart.

[Anonymous]

Mine did totally average on the nnat, but cogat and gbrs got her in. I wouldn't have cared (and didn't parent refer), but she was sitting in class bored every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

NNAT was 122.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine did totally average on the nnat, but cogat and gbrs got her in. I wouldn't have cared (and didn't parent refer), but she was sitting in class bored every day.

But if she was bored, why wasn't AAP important to you?

[Anonymous]

If the teachers think your child belongs in AAP, he will receive a high GBRS. High GBRS + decent (but not necessarily great) test scores will usually get your child in. You still have the CogAT, and if he again doesn't do well and is rejected, you can always get a WISC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

NNAT was 122.

That is still within striking range for being in-pool for the CogAt. If that is still close but not enough, do the WISC. if that is in the same range as the NNAT, then you might be better off just enjoying the regular school. There are smart, capable kids in that crowd too.

[Anonymous]

OP, your child's NNAT score is no where low enough to be out of AAP. I believe my child got a 122 NNAT and then a 130 CoGAT, but got into AAP. (Had a GBRS of 15.) And yes, my child was one who everyone told was so smart, so part of that might have been self-reinforcing (the teacher thought he/she was smart, so gave a high GBRS, etc.)

Anecdotally, I know of a child that got a 108 on NNAT and in the 120s on CoGAT and got into AAP without additional testing. So it does happen.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine did totally average on the nnat, but cogat and gbrs got her in. I wouldn't have cared (and didn't parent refer), but she was sitting in class bored every day.

But if she was bored, why wasn't AAP important to you?

That's the reason that I did care. If she let challenged by her base school, we would have been satisfied with keeping her there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what is the NNAT score? DS has a below cutoff NNAT, but one year later, he did exceptionally well in Cogat and is in AAP. You just never know.

NNAT was 122.

My now-11th grader scored a 109 on the NNAT and a 138 on the CogAT. We did the WISC as part of evaluation for ADHD and she scored a 142. She got in to AAP.

[Anonymous]

If anyone is interested in doing a WISC but concerned about the cost, check to see if your insurance will cover it. Ours is BCBS Federal. It only cost a co-pay and was covered.

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone is interested in doing a WISC but concerned about the cost, check to see if your insurance will cover it. Ours is BCBS Federal. It only cost a co-pay and was covered.

Where did you do it? Was this just the WISC or was it part of other testing?

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Anonymous wrote:If anyone is interested in doing a WISC but concerned about the cost, check to see if your insurance will cover it. Ours is BCBS Federal. It only cost a co-pay and was covered.

So happy for you, but that is frustrating to hear! BCBS denied our claim (and my child was diagnosed with ADHD so it was a medical thing). Then, to top it off FSA denied it because BCBS had denied it and we lost our FSA money. So it cost 5500 for the evaluation + about 1200 in FSA money we lost because we had no other receipts to submit and had been "saving" the money fro the FSA.