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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is that local level IV classes are filled with students who either A) were center-eligible but chose not to go, or B) selected somehow by the school.  Can anyone elaborate more on that selection process?  And given my "no" letter, would it be helpful for me to get the WISC and appeal to get her into center AAP just to decline it later?

Our specific situation:
2nd grader at a McLean-area ES with Local Level IV
"No" letter from FCPS tpday
COGATs in the 90th percentile or so for Math and Verbal but 75% on Non-Verbal
(sorry don't have exact scores)
Don't have GBRS yet either.

She has a very good memory and the level of repetition / review in the classroom is already turning her off to school.  Also her reading level this year went from about average to way above so I think the Verbal is way behind at this point.  [b]Thus my goal is to get her into local level IV[/b] (but NOT the center, we like our local school), or at least level III.  Thanks and hopefully this info will be useful to others too.

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Make that your goal IF and only if it's the right place for your child. 
AAP has been such a "prize" that parents sometimes will aspire for it because they think that it's "better." It's only better if it fits your child. 
So how are you going to know if it fits your child? Now that you're child has been found ineligible, you should get to know your child. Get more testing done, understand her strengths, understand her personality and what motivates her.  Right now, you just don't have enough hard data to support your observations. Your observations of your child are pretty common.  Get your child involved in other academic settings outside of school so that you have other teachers who can give you observations without having to be tied to the canned answers that FCPS teachers give.  Your child's NNAT and CogAT are below cut off  and I am suspecting that her GBRS isn't high because she was found ineligible. If it's not a high score, the commentaries on the GBRS are probably not going to be that useful for you. So, go outside the school and get your data elsewhere.

Once you get your data, be honest with yourself and your goals, versus what's going to be the best place for your child. And also remember that it's a long haul. [/quote]

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