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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's a troll - I know of a kid with near perfect scores and straight 4's but lousy HOPE who got rejected. It makes zero sense.[/quote]

Maybe someone will step in and explain then. On this board in the past there have been really occasional high CogATs that didn't get in, but nothing like this year.[/quote]

This is what I got from our AART teacher when I ask why DS got rejected with the perfect score 
  We use a holistic approach to screening all files, the ability tests and iReady testing are a minimal factor in the screening process, approximately 1/5 of the total weight of what is screened. Students are compared to their peers of similar age, background and experience. [/quote]

What information about background and experience does FCPS use?[/quote]

The selection committee can only rely on the AAP package, the test score are only 1 page. there are HOPE scores, parent referral cover letter, parent referral questionnaire, school work sample and home work sample.

The school work sample closes tracks the 9 creative thinking strategies https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/critical-and-creative-thinking  
This is the most stuff our AART talk about during seminars.  Ignore it at your own risk.  Out of four school samples, only 1 sheet is (simple) math problem, the other 3 are somehow all demonstrating the thinking strategies, the reflection, the changing POV, the analogy etc.

So maybe that AART's 1/5 number is just randomly made up, but I believe most of the time selection committee is spending on the work samples and teacher/parent reviews, it only takes 30 second to glance at those test scores.  [/quote]

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