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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The score alone does not equal identification. It places your child in the pool. I’m an APS teacher. We also have students who are in the pool because of teacher or parent referrals. Teachers have to provide evidence to support (or not support) students being identified no matter how they ended up in the screening pool. We tend to be on the generous side of supporting identification but not every student in the pool ends up being identified.[/quote]

Thank you for saying "we tend to be on the generous side".

Statistically, 25% of McK ele cannot be "gifted" but they report that stat and yes, both of my kids are cardinals! Cheep Cheep. (my kids are bright but McK's ID rate is astounding). A few other NARL schools have the same or similar rates. CoGAT was 136 and the vp was telling me what a great score it was so I asked about the test. It's like 6-10 questions in each section. Not robust IMO but APS is what it is.

I totally hear all of you with a 2nd grader now. The test won't be given in it's standard form. The kids won't be in their standard ed environment and won't have been for the past year. I assume the grades will be re-normed this year (lower) but not sure.[/quote]

It isn't really that tough to get a 120 on the Cogat or the NNAT in this area-- Arlington Co has the largest % of people with advanced degrees of almost any county in the country. Parents around here are going to have smart kids. Most kids in the class, whether IDd or not, can handle more challenging work than APS provides. I wish parents were more focused on advocating to fix APS academics generally rather than fighting to get their kid tagged as GT. And I say this as a parent with a kid who is tagged.  It is a race to nowhere, because APS middle school is SO BORING for all kids.  [/quote]

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