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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the way the holistic approach is used to guess which [b]kids may have prepped and keep them out of a program for which they're clearly smart enough. [/b] If a kid scores over 140 on the tests, then the kid should automatically be admitted.  If the kid is in-pool on both NNAT and CogAT and is above grade level in reading and math, then the kid also is more than capable of handling AAP, even if the scores are a bit inflated from prepping.

The committee will never know who actually prepped, so they can only guess based on whether or not the teacher rated the kid highly.  Since prepping only leads to a 5-10 point increase, it kills me to see kids with high test scores and above grade level in everything get rejected due to the holistic approach.  Some of those kids probably didn't even prep.  The teacher just didn't like the kid.      [/quote]

I mean, this (bolded) just begs the retort that if a child is [i]so clearly[/i] smart enough, why bother prepping? There would be no need?

Regardless, I think the holistic approach merely reflects what FCPS wants for their program. And that’s fine - they can decide and people are free to disagree.[/quote]

The problem isn't trying to keep kids who prepped out of AAP per se.  It's that it is [b]impossible[/b] for the selection panel to know which kids did or did not prep, so they instead are guessing.  I don't have any reason to imagine that they would guess correctly.  The types of parents most likely to prep are also the ones who have their child in many enrichment classes or tutoring.  Those kids will seem more advanced than other kids, and will probably impress the teachers.  There are many reasons that kids who are actually gifted may not impress the teacher in the right way to get a high GBRS.  I really don't like something as nebulous as the committee guessing that a child may have prepped be the reason a child is rejected.  At this point, prepping is widespread enough that they should just hand out prep materials to everyone to level the playing field.  [/quote]

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