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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, we went through a very similar situation with our child who was in a private school and only took the WISC - he crushed it, had a very strong case (we thought and our information told us, 15/16 on the GBRS, etc), yet he was initially rejected which was shocking to us. We appealed and he was accepted. He never took the NNAT or CoGat. What we found out, and what I think is very true, is that our child scored in the 99th in all parts of the WISC except the processing. During our talk with the person who administered the WISC (at GMU), they explained (and wrote up as well) that many private school kids score poorly in this area because they don't have the experience or volume of timed exams and don't feel the need to rush and go fast. It's a "weakness" in the private school environment. We asked that she send us a note saying exactly that and we elaborated on this point in the appeal.   I also think that the committee does not give much credit to private school information which is their prerogative. It's a shame they have not answered.

As for throwing your hands up, please do not. It matters. People will say it doesn't, but it does. Our kid is now one year into the AAP program. Before he was even in, he was constantly confronted with teammates or friends who were in FCPS talking about AAP. From what we know and what we've seen, AAP does mean better teachers, more ambitious material, and the absolute KEY, more involved parents. I use this term carefully. To us it basically means the kids know what the deal is and if they behave better and try harder. It's a subtle difference but means the world when you're trying to deal with 25/30 kids. 2 kids can crush a class. AAP has less of those kids just because they either know better or their parents make them know better (which is pretty much the same thing). It's the environment more than the intelligence. It's not a perfect system at all, but it is what's on offer. Those test scores should be slam dunk. Good luck[/quote]

Then AAP has changed drastically from when my now 10th grader was in elementary.

AAP was full of 2E mids, ADHD kids, kids working far ahead who daydreamed a lot, kids who were very vocal opinionated and active, and kids that wouldn't shut up.

The well behaved good students were mostly in general ed.[/quote]

I hope it hasn't changed that much.  My kid doesn't shut up.  [/quote]

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