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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering that some parents delay their children's school entry by a year, it's difficult to believe that the HOPE assessment is entirely free of bias.[/quote]

In general, the age distribution in AAP classes skews youngers than gen ed.  For reasons that should be obvious.[/quote]

Wait? Why? [/quote]

Parents of bright kids tend not to hold them back, they send them on time.

There is redshirting in FCPS, maybe not as much as some other areas but definitely for the August September birthdays and for many of the summer months. In AAP, most of those birthdays are sent on time instead of redshirting.[/quote]

This is interesting.  I have a DC born on Sept. 30th, and we "held back" since the birthday was literally right on the cusp and DC is a shy and we wanted to give more time to build confidence in social skills in preschool.  But DC is very bright, had strong NNAT and Cogat, good HOPE, good work samples and was rejected.  I had a gut feeling that there was a grudge against a so-called "red-shirted" kid.  Otherwise the rejection made no sense.  DC is a model student, but I imagined the committee shrugging that off as an obvious conclusion for a "red-shirted" kid instead of giving DC credit.[/quote]

I would say it is harder for redshirted kids to get into aap. It’s not because of a grudge but your kid is “smarter” because they are older. Their peers are a grade level ahead. And the aptitude in tests are normalized by age not grade. [/quote]

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