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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our teacher spent 25 minutes telling us how our daughter is very bright but she’s not gifted. She gave examples that I don’t think were a proper interpretation of gifted vs just a bright child. It was pretty upsetting. We clearly have a different impression vs the classroom teacher and yes maybe biased but we definitely know our DD better than the teacher. Nnat 99% cogat I believe was 134. Iready reading 99% iready math 89%. In pool but did not get it but I did appeal.

I thought part of AAP was the potential for high achievement. I’m disappointed in the teachers impression. Are all kids truly geniuses?[/quote]

89th percentile for math is not gifted, I'm sorry. She's bright![/quote]

You can’t judge giftedness by one 89th percentile on one math iReady test.  That is ridiculous.  I have a genius level son who in elementary school would rush through iReady tests sometimes (because they didn’t count for anything in his mind) so he could have extra free time.  The 99th percentile NNAT/CoGat definitely shows giftedness and a child capable of handling AAP level coursework who should be admitted.  A lot of parents prep their children for cogat/NNAT, so don’t compare to someone else’s 150 or whatever high score they post.

Gifted and genius level are not the same thing.  The majority of kids in AAP are not geniuses.  Genius level is 140 or higher IQ (on a WISC or other IQ test administered by a psychologist).  Gifted in FCPS used to be a cutoff of 132 on Cogat or NNAT (or just one section with a 132 or higher).  They moved to comparing students from the same building for DEI purposes to be able to accept students from lower scoring schools who wouldn’t typically be considered gifted based on their CoGat/NNAT (even though NNAT is a nonverbal test).

What were some of the reasons the teacher gave?  [/quote]

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