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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just kinda random..but is your child a boy and could they possibly be color blind?

My red-green color blind kid got a very average score in NNAT and COGAT.  It was a surprise to me because he always seemed very bright to me.  But I figured I might have been biased as his mother.  He was principal placed into our local level 4 class and he has done wonderfully throughout all the AAP years.  One day years later, I saw a sample NNAT problem just randomly on a website somewhere, and realized that a lot of pattern matching uses colors -- my son would have been at a huge disadvantage!  I actually don't know if the FCPS administered tests uses similar problems with colors or not, but just something to consider.[/quote]

Sure they took out any verbal/reading requirement to ensure they're not disadvantaging ESL kids and then the color blind kids are left out in the cold.  Parents should at least look at these tests (even if not prepping); you might be surprised at how they purport to assess ability to succeed in school.[/quote]

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