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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like the inclusion of kids holistically if the process found kids who were truly special in some way not identified by standardized tests.  The current system seems to identify a lot of generically bright, enriched, UMC kids with motivated parents.   A kid from a highly enriched home environment who is slightly above average intelligence and slightly advanced does not need to be placed in a special program.[/quote]

But because they use NNAT and CogAT as their tests (which are highly preppable), these "generically bright, enriched, UMC kids motivated parents" score inflated, high scores, and they might seem like gifted kids based on scores anyways..  So just relying on the scores won't be the answer anyways.  I bet that will increase the amount of prepping even more.  There isn't a one fits all solution here.  Term "Holistic approach" is like an insurance for FCPS.  There is no way the committee can make this a consistently fair process across the board given the volume, and this gives them the flexibility on admission... [/quote]

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