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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you think thay age norm NNAT and IQ tests like WISC? FCPS can't compare Grade normed FAT CogAT with age normed NNAT, WISC, and CogAT (national).  [b]They are basically screwed or rather prefer to sacrifice the younger kids[/b].[/quote]

They can, according to the publisher.

I imagine that cogat's publishers recommend using a grade normed sample instead of an age normed sample for academic purposes, because in the end, the kid have to be on the correct level for the grade, not just potentially be at some point in the grade level.

Personally, after reading the publisher's recommendation, I think that fcps is doing the best of both worlds.  One test, the nnat, aged normed to capture the potential of the students, even the younger ones.  The other test, the cogat/fat test, to capture the most advanced for the grade.

I think it is a very comprehensive way to get both the top academic students, and the highest potential students.

I was slightly on the team age norm, until finding this recommendation from the publisher.  The methods of fcps make a lot more sense after reading the publisher's recommendation for how the test should be normed.  Not to mention that if your younger child wasn't quite ready this time around you can always try again next year.[/quote]

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