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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe it's the top 10% of each school. [/quote]

Top 10% based on.... ? (NNAT? CogAT? Other things thrown in for good measure?)[/quote]

Op here. This was my question. Iready included?[/quote]

OP see the quote I posted. Just NNAT and CogAT.

Posters on this forum have claimed that their AARTs said it was a straight average of the CogAT composite score and the NNAT, but FCPS has not confirmed that. Theoretically it could be any calculation that combines the CogAT and NNAT. [b]It could also change from year to year (or even, if you want to be a conspiracy theorist, school to school)[/b].[/quote]

This is not conspiracy or fiction, “in pool” is based on local norms and absolutely changes year to year and by school under the new revised system.

4+ years ago “in pool” was countywide and the magic number was 132+ on NNAT OR CogAT, but that is no longer the case. the scores of the students at your specific elementary school determine the in-pool cutoff, which is top 10% at your school. [/quote]

PP here. I've first referred kids to AAP under the old system and last did it last year. I've read the 2020 review. I'm well aware of how this works.

The fact is we know some things about local norms, but we don't know for sure how the local norms are calculated. Do [b]you[/b] have a source for "absolutely changes from year to year and by school?" It could easily be a flat average with the top 10% of the school by average being in-pool. That would lead to different cut scores, but be the same formula all the time.[/quote]

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