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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you might be interested in page 66 of the AAP equity report from 4 years ago.
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BPLQKV69B096/$file/FCPS%20final%20report%2005.05.20.pdf

It shows the mean, min, max, and standard deviation of test scores of kids admitted to AAP.  
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OP here. This is exactly the kind of info I like. It's odd to see that for white kids the  range for NNAT is wider, with children scoring as low as 70 being AAP eligible (for Asians it's 93).

I'm not sure why people say it's the "least reliable" metric? Naglieri is a respected researcher, and on the face of it, it seems like a reasonable test of nonverbal intelligence. What are the complaints specifically? I found this wiki article on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naglieri_Nonverbal_Ability_Test) and it mentioned that there is more variabilty than expected and more high scores than expected, but without more context it's hard to interpret those claims.[/quote]

It is the least comprehensive, since it's only testing one sliver of kids' intelligence.  I wouldn't call it the "least reliable" in general, but it is in the way FCPS is using it.  It is given in 1st grade, and kids can mature quite a bit between the NNAT and the CogAT testing windows.  It's on a computer, [b]so impulsive clicking can be a problem, especially when kids have been trained to do that in their iready testing.[/b]  It's also likely the first timed test any of the kids have encountered.  [/quote]

Could you clarify what you mean? Does I-Ready somehow reward fast clicking? If so, yikes!

Thanks for explaining why the skepticism re: NNAT. Makes sense. In my DC's case, although we ran through a few tests, I could see DC making quick decisions and not carefully assessing all the options. There's definitely some test-taking knowledge/savvy that is being assessed along with actual non-verbal intelligence.

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