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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To all the new parents on here.  Before you drive yourself crazy with these scores and comparing your child to everyone else's. I'm just going to give you the answer straight-up.

While test scores are a factor, the most important thing is how your child is viewed by his/her teacher.

You can have fantastic scores but if the teacher thinks poorly of your child, you are NOT getting into level 4.  You will be placed in level 2.

I don't want to burst your bubble but that is the sad reality.

The HOPE SCALE rating better have the boxes of Almost Always and Always checked off with maybe one or two Often. ANYTHING outside that range and YOU ARE NOT getting in.

You can appeal but chances are slim to none (real slim shady please stand up).

My child's score was:

CogAT: 143
NNAT: 160
WISC-V: 149 (Adminstered by GMU)

Didn't get in. Why? My child went undiagnosed with ADHD until recently and had difficulties sitting still in class and was not interested in doing some of the class activities.  Therefore the teacher gave my child avg ratings on the hope scale.

I will be kind and say that my child's class had 30 kids for one teacher so the teacher was overwhelmed and did not have the capacity to give my child the assistance required.

This isn't to shatter anyone's hope/dreams but I wanted to give you a real insight as a parent that has gone through this rat race and unfortunately it comes down to how well liked your child is by his/her teacher.[/quote]

Did you appeal? Did you heavily prep? Those are great scores and if not prepped, this is a perfect example of why test scores should be weighted more (but understandably are not because it's well known that some people heavily prep). Meanwhile, the current system allows the teacher/AART to effectively blacklist your child who probably needs AAP (again, assuming your child's scores don't reflect your overinvolvement and are a good gauge of intellectual abilty/needs).

I'm on the other end, with a child who is well liked by their teacher but scores, while good, are not out-of-this-world. [/quote]

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