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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw this thread and checked. I'm surprised- my child who is strong in reading, writing, and math got a 109. She even told me the test was fun and easy. [/quote]

The NNAT is a weird test.  Seems like lots of kids over- or under-perform.  Mine scored in the teens for the NNAT but got a 133 on the CoGAT non-verbal, which supposedly measures similar skills but is harder?  Still can't figure that one out. [/quote]

I’ve seen other similar feedback. I wonder if they will keep using it next year. [/quote]

It’s always been this way and they still use it. It’s a screening tool to put kids in the pool whose parents might otherwise not refer. Other than that, it serves no purpose. [/quote]

This. They use the NNAT and CogAT in order to find kids who are capable whose parents don't know about AAP or who come from groups were parents don't have the knowledge or desire to refer their kids. The tests are not to automatically identify the kids who belong in AAP but to make sure that all the kids who might belong are looked at. Without the tests, there would be a lot of referrals from High SES families and hardly any from low SES families.

People put far too much weight on the outcome of these tests. [/quote]

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