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But I wonder how the sheer number of kids in the pool is going to change how the committee screens the files. In years past, there were kids in the pool who scored in the average range on everything but one subsection of the cogat, and those kids were likely found ineligible unless they had an abnormally high GBRS. Using the cogat composite instead of one subsection score to determine the pool has eliminated that phenomenon. So now (GBRS aside) we have 3 categories of kids...those who were parent referred, those who scored high on either NNAT or Cogat, and those who scored high on both.

It makes me wonder if the committee will view the files in a different light considering that there aren't as many average scorers automatically in the pool, but obviously, they can't find everyone eligible.

I do agree with a pp that kids who have 99th percentile on all test scores (including all subsections of the cogat) should be found eligible regardless of their file. It would definitely save the committee some time by not having to go through that stack of files.  [/quote]

Last night AAPAC was told that the central screening committee will look at all four CogAT scores -- the three subtests and the composite. The CogAT composite is simply used for the pool. The NNAT2 scores will also be looked at as well as the GBRS with commentary, and of course the work sample(s). It was re-emphasized at last night's meeting that center-eligibility is not simply based on a single test score.[/quote]

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