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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there kids who scored in the top 10 or 5 percent of their class who are nonetheless rejected from local IVs? I can understand the need to be rigorous when filling up the center schools, but a local level 4 AAP class is just 1/4 of the grade, right?[/quote]

In which case, why wouldn’t ALL the in-pool kids get accepted for local? If grade size is 100, class could fit the top 10% plus 15 more.[/quote]

Because one test score could be a fluke, the kid guesses well. All it takes to be in-pool is one component of the CogAT and the NNAT being in the in-pool range.

And because test scores are one piece of the picture. A kid might crush the tests and not be curious or interested in learning. They do the required work, or maybe not even that, and could care less. Most Teachers have extra activities for kids to do when they complete their work, some of those are less thoughtful then others but there are things to do when you finish your work. A kid who is doing the minimum and not wanting to move on to free reading time or math sheets that are more challenging or fun or write a story on their own is not a kid who is going to do well in a program that requires some internal motivation and curiosity. [/quote]

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