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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All COGAT subsections are viewed equally[/quote]
Thanks. Do you also happen to know why the CogAT has more weight?[/quote]

They weigh NNAT equally to the cogat! [b]This is a fact.[/b] Lots of kids score higher on the cogat, though. It’s easier to prep for and the county knows this. But the aap selection cmte weighs them equally. Gbrs is the last piece they look at because it’s too subjective, so it’s weighted differently. A high cogat and a low nnat is a red flag! Be prepared to appeal with a strong WISC if you have only one high score on the nnat or cogat. Best candidates have high nnat and cogat.[/quote]

Really?  That directly contradicts what the AART said in the info session.  It also isn't consistent with what people are reporting in the previous admissions threads.  The NNAT just seems to reflect the nonverbal CogAT, which by my understanding is the least important of the CogAT subtests.  Also, by my understanding, NNAT isn't weighted as heavily since it's less comprehensive than the CogAT, it's less recent than the CogAT, and it correlates to the least important of the CogAT subtests.  This is corroborated by the admissions threads, in which nearly all of the in-pool rejections are kids with high NNAT and lower CogAT.

Anecdotally, it seems like CogAT Verbal &gt; CogAT Quantitative &gt; NNAT &gt;= CogAT Nonverbal, unless the kid is ESOL, in which case NNAT is more heavily weighted.  Likewise, for WISC, it seems like VCI and FRI &gt; WMI and VSI &gt; PSI for weighting.  [/quote]

Then why one needs to take NNAT2? Utter waste of tax payers money!! Everything said here is parents speculation! For every argument there is exactly opposite example where AAP admission is granted![/quote]

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