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[quote=Anonymous]PP is right about several things: that the cut off scores for AAP won't be announced until Spring 2014, and that the scores are based on actual age (birth month/ year) not grade. So a 1st grade with a Sept. birthday who gets the same number right as the kid with a May birthday will get a higher scaled score.

For the past several years, you have had to meet NNAT cut off (which has been 130) OR (not and) the Cogat cutoff to get in pool-- although they are supposed to look at all info in making a decision.  Cogat cut off used to be 130 on the composite or any subtest, but last year so many kids qualified, they changed it to 132 composite, no subtests accepted.

Having put 2 kids in AAP in the last three years, I can give you a couple strategies.  The first is to have a private psychologist or George Mason do a WISC.  Apparently these are true IQ tests and considered more reliable than the NNAT or Cogat, but FCPS can't afford to administer, b/c they are done one on one.  I think you can get a WISC done every year, so if you get one done in first grade, you can "bank" the score and submit it with AAP parent referral.  If the score is lower, your DC should be able to retest the next year-- although the scores should be pretty much the same from year to year.  (Also,  check with the psychologist about how often DC can take the test).  The benefit is that if the score is weak, you don't have to turn it in, and if it is strong, you can use it as a basis for a parent referral/appeal. Last year DD just missed NNAT &Cogat cut offs for the pool (like 1-3 points) I parent referred w/ a WISC of 130 (98%) and she was accepted.

The second thing you can do (and probably the most helpful) is to do everything in your power to keep your child reading. It doesn't have to be War & Peace-- start with nonfiction about any subject that interests them or fiction about things they like (e.g. faries &dinosaurs). I got my two started with "mommy book club".  I picked a book I thought they would enjoy on their reading level, had then had them read it and read the book myself, and then took them out for a treat like frozen yogurt and discussed the book with them.  It went over really well.

"Both the Cogat & WISC have significant verbal sections that are heavily weighted.  A strong reader with good reading comp. should get quite a score boost.

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