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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone actually know what the criteria is for AAP?  Everyone knows at a high level that they look at COGAT, NNAT, GBRS and work samples.  Other than that, it's really very unclear.  For example, do they take into account things like equity/demographics, report cards, etc.?  Is the judgment based on a relative standard (i.e., you need to be in the top X% of students who are referred) or is there an absolute standard (i.e., they will take everyone who meets the requirements)?

From the outside looking in, there seems to be a level of arbitrariness to this whole process and I really just wish there was more transparency to this opaque process.  There just seems to be one too many examples where one student with lower COGAT, NNAT and GBRS gets in and another student with higher metrics doesn't get in, even within the same school/center.  I realize that these three measures don't provide the complete picture, as there is also the referral statement and the teacher's comments next to the GBRS.[/quote]

The Test scores matter for getting in-pool or not. High test scores identify kids to be evaluated regardless of a parents choice to submit an application or not.

After that, I don't think the test scores matter all that much. I have no idea if the work samples mean anything, the last AAP Audit pointed to GBRS mattering the most.

I would say that most of the people whose kids don't get into AAP have lower GBRSs, including several Occasionally Observes. There is the occasional post that a kid with high test scores and high GBRSs was not accepted but those tend to be rare. Most of the kids with high test scores who are not accepted end up with lower GBRSs.

Then people get up in arms about a proxy IQ test showing that a kid who is underperforming in the classroom should be in LIV because THE TEST SCORES ignoring the kids actual performance in the classroom.

The reality is that the Committee seems to be looking for kids who are smart AND doing well in the classroom. They are looking for native intelligence as well as kids who are completing work, curious, and motivated to learn. Education isn't all about the IQ but also the motivation. This angers some parents who are solely focused on test scores but there really isn't much to be done there.

Parents of kids in First and Second grade should be talking to their child about completing the work that is assigned, encouraging them to participate in class, and finding other activities to do once they have completed their work that don't distract the other kids. If you are hearing from your kids Teacher that they are not doing their work and that is an issue, you should be working to correct that with reminders at home that they need to do their work.

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