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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were mystified by a discrepancy in DS's CogAT scores and had a WISC-IV done just to see if there were any clues there. The psychologist who did the WISC said his low verbal score on the CogAT (45th percentile) didn't make sense compared to his VCI on the WISC (95th percentile).

I know it's a different publisher, but NYC just had a furor over scoring errors on one of their standardized tests - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/education/score-corrections-qualify-nearly-2700-more-pupils-for-gifted-programs.html?_r=0

Considering that this is the first year FCPS has used the customized version of the CogAT, does anyone think these large points discrepancies could be due to scoring errors? Have there been such wide variations in prior years using the old test? Just curious.[/quote]

Yes, scores this year of the customized fairfax cogat  was not even age normalized !!!  So an 8 year old who turned 8 on Oct 1st is scored the same as the 7 year old who turned 7 on Sept 28 because they are in the same grade.  The NYC parents and  NYC school board is upset that the scoring did not base it to the DAY to be precise!!!![/quote]

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