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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is telling your 8th grader that they can't take "honors math"? What school? Are you even in APS? APS doesn't use the term honors math. [/quote]
Dhms,  my kid was moved from intensified algebra to regular algebra (along with a “large number of kids” according to the counselor).  97th percentile on his nwea map, high b+ in prealgebra, 485 on the 8th grade sol.   His grade is actually really high if you factor in his teacher — we actually met with the principal about his experience— the teacher didn’t give any credit for homework that was turned in and graded because she just didn’t like him so he essentially got a 100% in the class if you factor that in.  The cutoffs in his placement letter say you have to have a cogat of 120+ to be in intensified math.  I might be misreading the letter though.

It’s not that big a deal (assuming the class is rigorous enough that he passes the algebra sol), but my kid is devastated.  We’ve emailed the school a couple of times so hopefully we can get him moved.  Or maybe THEY can explain how he did badly on an iq test in either second or third grade.  [/quote]

You should be able to patent place him, per APS policy. [/quote]

Ugh. I have so many thoughts about this specific situation at DHMS, the response, and using the COGAT given during the first year back in the classroom from Covid as anything other than scrap paper (our 8th grader took it in the 4th grade ... gold stars to kids who excelled that year, but most did not).  I will say that my kid is one who will be in the non-intensified algebra and after a little hit to his ego, he has had a pretty good handle on his response in that he has other intensified classes, he also had a real jerk of a science teacher last year (same issue with assignments not being graded), and he wants to spend 8th grade working on things he likes. I would say, though, and this is taking the discussion in a whole different path, it does royally piss me off how kids are getting left behind here. We also advocated for our student a ton last year. Not all kids have that privilege. We even know a kid who was very strictly disciplined at home because of the grading situation. It was not and is not a equitable system, and one would think that the whole SOL cut off thing would itself be equitable. But nope. [/quote]

The CogAt is an IQ test that tests intellectual capability. It's not an achievement test. So it would not be impacted by Covid disruptions.[/quote]

As an IQ test it is normed on a particular environment and that is not the environment that the post-covid kids got so it's not a reliable result. Because my kid was identified as having learning differences, we had her tested. Her CogAt was 95 with a mask on and her IQ was 127 about a year later in a normal testing environment. I've forgotten at this point but isn't there a short and long version and doesn't APS use the short? If yes, missing one question has a greater impact.

Anyway, got my 7th grader's letter in "documents" today.[/quote]

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