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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NNAT 119 Cogat 132 
Mclean pyramid / Center school / High SIS
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So my child can be an example that the committe is not 
focusing only on the nnat / cogat scores anymore?
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It is actually an example of the NEW "fools in schools" program promoted by Fairfax county  :D haycock level 4 aap is NOW gen-ed quality[/quote]

My "fool's" scores were even lower and she is completely thriving in AAP and easily keeping up with all the "geniuses" in her class. If you don't like AAP and think it's like gen-ed there are plenty of private school stress factories that will take your money. [/quote]

True,nNo wonder your kid is thriving, with the whole AAP program diluted with the admission of low scoring average kids. With a gen-ed level AAP class, the kid sure is a rock star. To prevent such nonsense, Mensa and Davidson's gifted programs don't even admit such low scoring kids to their gifted programs.[/quote]

I'm not buying it. My kid's in AAP. Didn't score high at all for whatever reason. I know there are probably some kids in her class that did score very high on the tests - it's a large center. The class is super competitive with each other, and she is constantly coming home saying she had the best or second-best score on tests. They are all taking the same test - I asked. How does it work out that my stupid kid is beating out your genius? Sure, maybe the curriculum is watered down (whatever), but they are all taking the same test. Is your genius missing answers on purpose to make my child feel better about herself? I doubt it. Perhaps-ish those IQ tests don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. [/quote]

There are few possibilities here - maybe your kid is actually gifted, had a bad test score initially and if she had retaken the test, she would.have scored much higher and qualified normally for aap with decent scores.

What are your kid's iready scores? How many grade levels above are the iready scores? If they aren't that great, there is some delusion somewhere - the kid scores low in iready, nnat and cogat, but is top of her aap class. That sure sounds fishy!

If the iready scores are great, it confirms possibility 1 that the kid is gifted with bad initial nnat and cogat scores.

IQ tests show the real intellect level - did you ever get a Wisc 5 done for your kid? That will dispel any doubts on the real ability/intellect.[/quote]

iready was 99th percentile. She is most definitely where she needs to be. Maybe she just bombed the tests? Maybe not, maybe she's just slightly above average. My point is that people go on and on about high IQ test scores when they are just one piece of the puzzle and don't measure everything that encompasses intelligence or ability to achieve in academics. As for the curriculum, are they calculating weight of payloads for SpaceX in 3rd grade AAP? No. But her peers are smart and challenging her, and she's challenging them despite her terrible IQ scores. If there are geniuses out there languishing in AAP, unchallenged and frustrated, maybe they need another placement. But to say that AAP is basically general ed is disingenuous. [/quote]

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