Reply to cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]
[quote]As one of the posters who disagrees with the many excuses advanced, I don't think FCPS should allow a parent to hire a private psychologist to generate a report that supports a child's application. I'd love to know the stats on the range of scores for these "experts." My hunch is their scores are significantly higher than what would be expected from a pool of children who performed "below expectations" where the test conditions were fair and equal for everybody.[/quote]

The CGAT and NNAT are fair and accurate tests?  I really don’t think so.

At my DD’s school, about 30 students made it into the initial screening pool (1 out of every 3).  Using the CGAT and NNAT as metrics, my DD as well as 33% of his classmates did better than 97% of the rest of the country.  My guess is that if they had all took the WISC instead (even with all those corrupt psychologists out there) that a lot less than 30 students would have made into the initial pool.
   
At one of the GT meetings just before the tests were administered last October, our school principal made a few vague comments about the unusually high test scores at my DD’s school.  The principal also mumbled something about CGAT and NNAT web sites with test samples on them. Note, that is meeting was held before the tests were administered.

If you are looking for accuracy and fairness for placing students in the program, extending the deadline for parents to submit their applications (including supplimental materials with outside if testing if desired) to the first day that school is open after the worst snow storm in 25 years  is a good thing and should be allowed.  FCPS made the correct decision in extending the deadline.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics