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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What district are you in?  In FCPS, students in Level IV AAP can't be removed from the program without their parents' consent.  Was your child in AAP math last year?  Did they do well on the SOL?  We would need way more info to help, but if your child has successfully completed advanced math during the prior school year, I would push back on their right to deny him the next level math.  Notably, the Dept of Education Office of Civil Rights has a published letter explaining that students with disabilities have the right to access advanced curriculum for which they are qualified.  The iReady score should not be dispositive of their qualification for advanced math.[/quote]

Thanks. We live in the west coast now.  DC scored high in math in the end of year standardized test last year (top 95%), then quite high on the CogAT test at the beginning of 5th grade (99%). The only reason for denial given was DC's iReady test score, which was lower than any other iReady test DC has taken, so good chance DC got bored and blew it off that day.  I assume DC did fine in the GATE program last year - I never got any feedback. They've pulled DC in and out of the program a few different times since we moved here.  I know from talking to other parents that they've accepted students in the 90% range on CogAT into the program and kept them there.  DC has always been above 96% and scores have gone up over the last few years (likely due to AoPS).  The math pullout is only 45 minutes for 2 days a week, so DC probably isn't missing that much, but it is very frustrating, and a part of me wants to push back, but to what end?  I think I'm most angry because DC self-identifies as "mathy" and this has been a blow to DC's self-esteem.  [/quote]

I'd push back and request a retake or alternative test for eligibility.  It's pretty bad practice for your school to administer one all-or-nothing test for eligibility, especially when dealing with a child with ADHD.  Any kid could be coming down with an illness, be overly tired that day, or have any number of other things causing the child to perform less than their best.  By 5th grade, they should have a wealth of metrics to use to identify kids who are ahead.  Using only iready is idiotic.

I had something similar happen to me.  I always had scored in the 99th percentile on ITBS.  One year, I was starting to get sick on one of the test days, my parents sent me to school anyway, and I only got in the 80s.  So, the school kicked me out of the gifted program for a year, until the next year when I once again scored 99th percentile.  It did no lasting harm, but the whole thing was very dumb on the part of the school.  [/quote]

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