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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Respectfully disagree.  Psychologist with 20+ years of experience with gifted in Fairfax County told me that the committee does not even read the stuff submitted by the parents, and that it is a complete numbers game of test scores, GBRS, and grades.  The parent info just makes the parents feel like they are participating somehow.  I was quite amazed, as I spent hours putting together a beautiful package of Parent Questionnaire, work samples, and letters of recommendation.[/quote]

In my post, I never once said or even implied the selection committee actually reviews the material submitted by the parents.  Other things equal, NNAT, Cogat, GBRS and grades, who do you think they will accept into AAP?  I just contended that those who took the time to fill out the optional materiel speaks volumes.  The one whose parents did fill out the optional material or the one who did not.  To me, the idea that the material is ignored is irrelevant.

To 18:41 - Obviously I dont know the reason why your DS did not make it.  I played with the numbers you provided, weighting the NNAT, COGAT, GBRS, and grades equally.  There is certainly a lot of guesswork put into it but I have your DS at around 1456 out of circa 12,500 students.  That would be top 11.6%.  Considering at our school, it sounds like they accepted about 24% of the 2nd grade for GT your DS would be well within that parameter if Fairfax County is accepting kids at that rate systematically throughout.  If you want to know my methodology let me know.  Im sure that part of it could be debated. 
I had my speech ready if my DD did not get in.  Where I went to public elementary 30 years ago, there was no GT or AAP program.  In the end the smart kids went on to AP courses and the others went to the regular courses.  There is nothing holding your son back from taking AP classes as well a few years down the road.  Im glad my DC got in yes but the process is suspect and its not worth getting all worked up over.   Think of it this way 10 years from now.  Imagine a student scoring a 1000 on the sat with average grades applying to Harvard and they submit a wisc score of 138.  Im sure they would get a pretty good laugh at that.[/quote]

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