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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the general percentile score that makes people eligible? Eg. Are they looking for 80th percentile or 90th percentile IQ?[/quote]
They're not really looking for any specific IQ.  They're looking for classroom behavior that suggests the kid would do well in AAP.  Some kids with an IQ around 115 are admitted.  Some with IQ around 140 get rejected.  [/quote]

[b]Very few kids with IQs in the 115 range are in AAP[/b]. The vast majority of kids will be in the 95th percentile or higher. Some kids who score high on the various assessments are not accepted. [/quote]
Evidence for the bolded?  (obviously, you have none, since IQ isn't used for AAP admissions).

Realistically speaking, I would agree that the majority of kids in AAP have MAP and NGAT scores in the 95th percentile or higher.  Neither of these measure IQ.  Kids with involved parents and some level of enrichment will usually have higher achievement scores.  Kids who prep for things like CogAT or NGAT will have inflated scores on those.  Kids with higher executive function will outperform their IQ at young ages.  If they IQ tested every LIV eligible kid, there would be scores all over the place.

The AAP equity report showed that the average NNAT for LIV eligible white kids was 118.  This suggests that a decent number were below 115 on that measure (not an IQ test at all, but at least somewhat a proxy).  Realistically speaking, AAP takes the top 20% of the kids.  Some fraction of those kids are going to be high achieving, motivated, cooperative, creative, organized kids who are solidly above average, but not especially high IQ.  That's even moreso the case when you look at Title I schools.[/quote]

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