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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1st grade DS just received his NNAT of 120. I did not know they tested in 1st and DS has never taken a test before. DS is advanced in math, gets mostly 4s on his report card. He got 3s in music and language arts. I actually picked up a NNAT book after he took the test not knowing they even test in 1st grade. I thought they only tested in 2nd for 3rd grade AAP consideration. DH and I are disappointed with his test score. Wondering if my child has any shot. I know he could do better. Don't think he understood many of the questions.[b] I am not trying to make excuses for DS. I just think it would have made a big difference if my 6yo had at least seen the type of question before.[/[/b]quote] Yes, he might have done better if he understood the questions and if he had seen the type of question before, [b]which is the very reason kids can't take the test again within a 6 month period. The test is supposed to capture the high ability kids who have NOT seen the type of testing before. Meaning: your child should do fine on these tests without prepping. You should also know that prepping would have perhaps changed the score a few points. He isn't going to go from a 120 to a 132 from prepping.[/quote][/b] This. You need to back off and let your kid learn. Worrying about gaming a test for a 1st grader is ridiculous. I remember when one of my kids took either the NNAT or the CogAT. The teacher read the test to them and he couldn't even hear all the questions. I did nothing. He stayed in Gen Ed and is in all AP classes now with a 4.7 GPA. AAP, Gen Ed? It does not matter. [/quote] Sorry, I meant for this, his senior year. Last year as a junior he had a 5.0 You had me until 4.7 GPA. Which is mathematically impossible in FCPS, even if you are a straight A student and take all honors with a .5 grade bump and 10 APs with a 1.0 bump-- especially since you get no bump on PE, foreign language, and electives, and top out at a 4.0 in those classes. Even at TJ (where it is easier to get GPA bumps) the highest GPA this year was just over a 4.5. Maybe a 4.7 GOA this year/semester or last? But no way as a cumulative GPA once non- AP freshman classes and largely non-AP sophomore classes factor in. Nice try though. [/quote][/quote]
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