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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In-Pool scores are there to make sure that kids whose parents might not apply are included in the process. Not every parent knows about AAP or sees the emails/fliers on AAP meetings and thinks “I should attend that.” The test scores provide all kids who do exceptionally well on them an opportunity to be screened.

I doubt that the test scores are used for any other reason than to make sure that the top kids at each school are screened. The Teacher evals focus on classroom curiosity and readiness. The iReady gets at academic readiness. Report cards show a child’s limited academic history. Samples show how a child thinks/works. [/quote]

FCPS should look at the grades the current AAP kids receive in 3-6 grades and backtest against their NNAT and  CogAT scores to test the validity of the testing instruments at predicting success in the LIV centers.  Do the kids with scores in the lower ranges (say below 132) struggle or are they doing just as well as their peers with scores up in the 140 + range?  For this purpose, "prepping" doesn't matter one way or the other, just the score they achieved.  Do teachers have to lower the level of instruction for kids with lower test scores or are they indistinguishable from their higher scoring peers once in the AAP program?  This might be an alternate way to spend all that consulting money that FCPS throws around on other things. 
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