Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?

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Anonymous wrote:Received the decision letter and permission form in backpack mail today.

What school?

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Anonymous wrote:Received the decision letter and permission form in backpack mail today.

What school?

Discovery

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Homeroom teacher at McKinley said they were being mailed this week. Nothing was in the report card today.

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Anonymous wrote:And here I thought Arlington parents looked down their noses at GT programs, at least here on DCUM...

We don't look down our noses at GT programs, some of us just prefer the integrated model over the segregated one and have chosen to stay in APS rather than move to FCPS as a result.

Some of us actually prefer the segregated model, and the GT label provides at least a little bit of assistance in getting visibility into whether there is sufficient in-class differentiation.

Good for you, sounds like FCPS is a better fit for you than APS. Isn't it great that we have choices in this area?

Does APS not track because it can't handle so many high maintenance type a parents insising johnny belongs in the "smart class"? Fwiw, the gifted class in my elementary was a one afternoon a week pullout and, thank god for it. I was bored out of my skull in my usual classroom. Looking back I feel a bit of imposter syndrome regarding my debatable "giftedness", but my Iowa tests showed me three grades ahead. I suppose everyone thinks those are bs now or advantaged middle class white kids like myself. Probably some truth to that. But def true I was twiddling my thumbs for a good portion of elementary school and I imagine a lot of aps students are too absent tracking.

Pretty much everyone’s IOWA test had them three grades ahead at my nova school back in the day.

Makes sense, given that this area has long been among the wealthiest and best educated regions in the country. Midwest in the early 80s, was a little different i imagine. Lake woebegon it was not.

More like Lake Idiot.

You sound like a midwesterner too, LOL. Not idiotic but it was different from here for sure. Being good at school (which is different from being "gifted") was definitely not cool and I was frequently reminded of it.

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So for upcoming year, parents have been notified by now by letter (or backpack mail)? New to APS and I'm very confused about notification. My DD teacher told me at the end of the year that she would "likely" be pulled next year with a group of selected children and that the coordinator would let us know. Haven't heard anything since. Do I have to call and ask or do they notify the parents?

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Anonymous wrote:So for upcoming year, parents have been notified by now by letter (or backpack mail)? New to APS and I'm very confused about notification. My DD teacher told me at the end of the year that she would "likely" be pulled next year with a group of selected children and that the coordinator would let us know. Haven't heard anything since. Do I have to call and ask or do they notify the parents?

This year was really out of whack with identifications at our school, what with NNAT results coming so late. If you haven’t heard yet I’d send an email to the GT coordinator/teacher at your school. We got a letter the last day of school, but it wouldn’t surprise me if other schools will be sending them out over the summer.

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How do transfer students get identified if they don't have test records from previous years?

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In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No. And all the FCPS parents who are having their kids do a year's worth of test prep so they get into AAP are throwing off the scores.

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No practice. It’s usually given in October/nov time frame.

4th grade cogat is given in the spring.

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The GT program is a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No. And all the FCPS parents who are having their kids do a year's worth of test prep so they get into AAP are throwing off the scores.

Test prep for NNAT? Do they really do that?!

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No. And all the FCPS parents who are having their kids do a year's worth of test prep so they get into AAP are throwing off the scores.

Test prep for NNAT? Do they really do that?!

How?

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No. And all the FCPS parents who are having their kids do a year's worth of test prep so they get into AAP are throwing off the scores.

Test prep for NNAT? Do they really do that?!

How?

Google. It's a thing. They sell practice tests and there are classes.

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Anonymous wrote:In what month is the NNAT given in Arlington? Do second graders get to do a practice test during school?

No. And all the FCPS parents who are having their kids do a year's worth of test prep so they get into AAP are throwing off the scores.

Test prep for NNAT? Do they really do that?!

How?

Google. It's a thing. They sell practice tests and there are classes.

Needlessly angry response.