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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why so many negative comments about a child with a high ability test score? Is this because most AAP hopefuls on this board have scores in a lower range? They want a child with a high score denied?

I have a child for whom I think AAP would be the best placement. In my mind, she exhibits behaviors chracteristic of a gifted child. And she also happens to have earned a high NNAT score. Her greatest strengths are in art and mathematics, so it makes sense to me.

If I read these board, the other parents say it may not happen. Then what happens to her? She will be the smartest child in her class. Always our performing her peers and requiring differentiation that maybe one else in the class needs. It's easier for the teacher if she's placed in AAP. [/quote]

[b]What they are saying is NNAT alone will not do it. [/b] The only test that will get the kid in alone is a true IQ test like the WISC.

CogAT+NNAT, sure.  NNAT+GBRS, probably; CogAT + GBRS, sure.

GBRS alone?  Possibly.

NNAT alone.  No.

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I search of old admittance threads on here or a conversation with a few parents would confirm this for you. I recall both years my older kids were up people were confused how a 140+ NNAT kid did not make it in but a 133 CogAT kid did. It probably has to do with other evidence. High NNAT alone will not do it. My second AAP child has mediocre non-pool NNAT and CogAT scores and a low GBRS (9). She had a 143 WISC IV (it's now V) and got in. Had she had a 143 NNAT with the same CogAT and GBRS, she probably would have been a much harder sell. [/quote]

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