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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WHo cares? This is irrelevant. [/quote]

I believe FCPS should care as I am quite certain they are going to face a major class action against them.

Simply put the lack of age-adjusting (I am shocked to hear that this is the case!) is a blatant age discrimination: the youngest kids in 2nd grade are screwed in favor of older kids. 
Sure, you have the alternative to go for the WISC, but:
1. One should not be forced to pay for such a test just because someone at FCPS screwed up the COGAT test administration. If this year's class has, say, 13k kids, I can easily see 1/4 of them moving against FCPS asking it to pay for the test. That could end up being a $1.5 Million tab for FCPS (up to 3k kids at $500 per kid)

2. Let's say that some families decide to sue FCPS just because their borderline kids did not get into AAP and they 'had to opt for private schools in order to get the education that their kids deserved but were denied because of FCPS's age discriminative practices'. The cost per child could end up being $30k/year times four years: $120k. Let's 100 families decide to pursue and sue FCPS to recover this cost, we are looking at $12 million (plus legal fees).

One thing is certain, someone at FCPS screwed up big time and they (FCPS) will end up paying for that. If the age-discriminative COGAT test scores are allowed in the AAP review, FCPS may be opening itself up to major legal action.[/quote]

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