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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for clarifying about the questions I asked about those boxes (subject recommendations).  
What amazes is that despite my kid being in the pool for full time AAP,  good scores on his tests - NNAT,  NGAT, MAP, VALS, mostly 4s on his report card, he still didn't get any recommendation for any subject.  I was hoping he would get recommendation for Math at least since his NGAT Quantitative, MAPs scores are all in 98%-99% percentile.  :( [/quote]

They are comparing your kid against his classmates. If you are at a school with a lot of kids with high scores, then they are comparing your kid against all those high score kids. They are not looking at test scores for the HOPE but what they see in the classroom compared against the other kids in the class.

The GBRS were individual assessments based on certain traits, the HOPE is a comparison. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are told that there are only so many kids in the class who can score high so you end up with a lot of kids in the middle areas. It doesn’t mean that they are not smart and capable but that there are other kids who are ahead of them in their class. At least, that is my understanding. [/quote]

I think it should be a county wide standard.  It is ridiculous to compare it against kids in your own school, because by middle school it is all mixed.  I sub and see some AAP kids so behind my own kid.  My kid not in AAP, but when they get to middle school they will be at the same school. [/quote]

They moved [i]from[/i] a county wide standard (ish) towards more comparing kids within a school specifically based on recommendations for things like closing achievement gaps and racial representation. The 2020 report on AAP was big on it.

My friends who are high school teachers say you can't tell the difference between kids who did AAP and kids who didn't in AP classes. AAP was good to keep my kids from getting bored in elementary school math, but I didn't view it as putting them ahead in any meaningful way.[/quote]

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