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And how does it make sense to reject my rising 3rd grader with an unprepped CogAT of 135 and a WISC of 136? I am not saying my tax dollars should allow me in--I am saying that I know what the program is like (slightly advanced) and I know that my smart enough, messy handwriting, energetic and disorganized kid--who works above grade level and has always gotten all 4s--can handle it as easily as older siblings can.

I think AAP is suffering from an identity crisis and they have chosen an incredibly strange way to resolve it this year.[/quote]

A lot of this is covered in the equity report, but it appears FCPS is choosing to cherry pick.  For one thing, they flat out state that the mission of AAP has become unclear, and it needs to be resolved.  They also suggested that WISC and appeals in general are only for the most part available to people of means, and that eliminating them would reduce the gap.  I'm guessing that FCPS pretty much discounted the WISC this year.

But, one of the other things brought up is that GBRS is very subjective and not a vetted, accurate giftedness measure.   They noted that GBRS is 4 times as important as even the most important score, which was CogAT Q.  They recommended de-emphasizing GBRS and using a better measure, which FCPS apparently chose to ignore.

I'm assuming your kid got a somewhat low GBRS.  I would love to see how the school can justify giving a low GBRS to a kid who is working above grade level and getting 4s in all subjects, and additionally has a CogAT in the 99th percentile.  That's just ridiculous.

One other random thought:  If they're discounting the CogAT scores because they're worried about prepping, why not go the other direction and officially do some CogAT prepping for everyone in 2nd grade?  All of the scores would be artificially high, but it would also even the playing field.  [/quote]

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