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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if it being based on percentile, means a percentile of just FFX students since it's now the Fairfax County version of the Cogat. So, instead of 30% of kids making 132 and being eligible, they can better control the percentage of kids in AAP.  They could make it only the top 10% are eligible, or whatever number they choose.  Do you think this is why they're changing it to percentile this year?[/quote]

I don't think so. Percentile is different than percentage. A score of 132 still is at 98 percentile. Changing from scores to percentile may in fact increase the percentage of students in the screening pool since percentiles are also based on the age of the child at the time the test is taken. So a younger child with a score less than, say 132, could still be in a higher percentile and would make it into the screening pool, whereas they would not have with the actual score as a cutoff. On the flip side, an older child with a higher score may be in a lower percentile and could miss out on making the screening pool.

Perhaps they are doing this because the CogAt scores for this year may be unusually lower? I'm wondering because OP specifically mentioned CogAt only and not NNAT.[/quote]

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