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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for that link. One thing that I learned was that this year the test was not normed by age, so a 2nd grader with a late birthday who did not turn 8 until the summer was graded that same as one who was already 8 plus . . . I see they have plans to try to remedy that.[/quote]

Yes, but what about the kids who took the test this year? [b]Isn't it really unfair for them[/b], especially since they intend to resume age-norming again in the near future?[/quote]

No. Because the smart ones should still do well.  Even though there are age differences, it shouldn't be that significant unless your kid is borderline.  In that case FCPS will look for other things in the file that support giftedness.  [/quote]

Agreed. But I think what the previous PP is pointing out is that if that is the case, then FCPS should stop age norming completely. Yet they intend to age norm next year.

Full disclosure -- DC is bang in the middle April born, so it doesn't impact me in the least.[/quote]

Exactly! My point was that if age doesn't really affect FxAT performance, why bring back age-norming again in the future? Either age matters, in which case, younger kids this year got the short end of the stick and are unfavorably affected, or it doesn't, in which case, don't norm for age ever again. It cannot be true both ways... And yes, I have a September kid, who did great in the FxAT this year (AAP eligible) even without age-norming, but I still think that there is a reason such tests have always required age-normalization, and I still think young kids this year got a raw deal without it.[/quote]

Yes, they should have age normed ... it does give lower scores to younger kids in the same grade and falsely higher grades to kids. ....age norming affects the scores...the AART said so [/quote]

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