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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does the section under the HOPE rating - "Please indicate all content areas where the students show ....." imply?  Do full time AAP eligible students usually have checks against the boxes next to the subjects (Math, Writing, Reading,...) ?  Do these boxes indicate subject level AAP recommendations?  [/quote]

DD has boxes checked for math, writing, reading, science, and social studies, and the comment underneath noted that she made significant growth on her winter MAP math assessment (she's in the 87th percentile).

She gets 4s and some 3s on her report cards.[/quote]

The 87th percentile on the MAP is not a kid who should have the math box checked unless they are at a Title 1 school. That is a good overall score but a low score for even Advanced Math, never mind AAP. Toss in 3's on the report card and that is not a kid who I would think would be accepted into AAP.[/quote]

There have to be kids in AAP who are below the 99th percentile and get some 3s on their report cards.[/quote]

There are kids below the 99th percentile. We know that. How many are at the 87th percentile? Maybe some at lower SES schools but not too many at higher SES schools. The cut off for AAP in-pool used to be a county wide 132, that was at the low end of the 99th percentile and that was the cut off.

There is nothing wrong with a score in the 87th percentile, it is a strong score. It is not a score that I would expect for the vast majority of kids in AAP. I would expect kids to be in the 95th percentile or higher on the iReady or MAP or other standardized test scores.

Until 2 years ago You needed a 91st percentile on the IAAT to get into Algebra in 7th grade. The reality is that there are more then enough kids in FCPS with MAP scores and iReady scores and other test scores that are in the 95th percentile or higher that a student scoring in the 87th percentile is less likely to make their way into AAP based on that test score.

The posters child is good at math. The test score is not one that most people who know AAP would say would get them into AAP. I am not sure why the Teacher would mark the kid the way that they did with that score unless they are at a Title 1 or near Title 1 school what has far fewer kids in the 95th percentile or above.

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Or may be it’s because the teacher observes the child 5 days a week for months and has a different perspective vs a computer based test for a 7 yo[/quote]

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