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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really think there is perhaps too much emphasis on COGAT alone sometimes. I.e., the kid does really well but work samples may be weak OR they are obviously perhaps not the child’s work ( imagine that, right)… and they can tell during central screening btw (or have reservations)…. Back to COGAT… so my girl did 98 percentile Non verbal and 97 percentile quantitative, but only 57 on Verbal. Blew us away because she speaks 3 languages and reads well behind her school year. Turns out the Verbal battery was first of the 3 at GMU and she said she was really nervous taking the test initially and we determined through process of elimination it was her first battery… so we attributed that to test nerves and she obviously did better on the next two.. the screening committee we assume could see based on work samples perhaps this was an anomaly, or the other two batteries were strong enough to satisfy their wants… who knows.  We contemplated taking it again just to see but decided not to since she was accepted. This all reminded me of applying to college. They never tell you what it is you are missing [/quote]

Did you take any other testing besides COGAT or was that all you submitted? It sounds like you did the parent referral?

That was the only standardized test we submitted. Yes, we are coming from private school going in to 5th with FCPS so this was all new to us and involved a bunch of leg work. We discussed taking a WISC as well but how much do you want to stress your kid with this stuff. Our actual goal was just to hopefully keep her in class with other kids whose parents support their education and take some responsibility.  As opposed to being a child that requires 90 percent of a teachers time and attention because the parents are not engaged or care. We are thankful to be accepted but it would not have been the end of the world if we didn’t get in.

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