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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't help but see these 160 NNAT scores and think that these are kids that definitely did NNAT prep to "test into AAP". It would make since that other data is weighted higher if its suspected that this isn't a true picture of the child's ability since they've been training to take the assessment. The NNAT and CogAT aren't designed to be studied for.  I'm a teacher in another district who has never seen a kid with a 160 in over 10-12 years of the district giving this assessment. [/quote]

My kid scored 160 without prepping. He is a bright kid and does well at school, but I was surprised. How do you even prep for a test like that? It's not math. Plus, it's a scaled score, so someone has to get 160. It doesn't mean they got every question right. Now I'm worried the high score is going to work against him.[/quote]

All other things being equal the CogAT/NNAT average is important, but the HOPE rating from the teacher is even more important. And as a parent you fill out everything you can to help convince the committee your kid has HOPE and GBRS traits.

People on this board are score obsessed and think they have cracked the code of what scores are "required," but having watched this board for years with 3 kids going through this process, they have no clue. The best clues we have come from the 2020 external committee report, and even that is now getting dated.[/quote]

highest HOPE scores go to minorities (but only URMs) and / or FARMS.

For entry into the academic (AAP) program, the HOPE rating does not even reach the first academic measure until the reader first sees:

- skin color and 
- socio-economic status.

The HOPE scale is designed to judge children by the color of their skin, rather than the content of their academic ability.  That is why FCPS chose it to replace the GBRS.[/quote]

That's not the format FCPS is using for the HOPE scale. I have a copy of DD's packet from last school year.

As an aside, DD didn't score that highly on the HOPE scale and got in anyways.[/quote]

Here is a link to the HOPE scale:

https://asset.routledge.com/rt-files/GGeorgi/HOPE+Scale+Sample.pdf?_gl=1*1fihahh*_gcl_au*ODk3MDU0NjU1LjE3Mjg1MTU1NzU.*_ga*MTg5MzcwMzk4OS4xNzI4NTE1NTc2*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTcyODUxNTU3Ny4xLjEuMTcyODUxNTYzMS42LjAuMA..

Decide for yourself where it places the emphasis.[/quote]

Well this is FCPS's version of the HOPE. Let's not go fact-free here: https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2023-10/hoperatingscale.pdf[/quote]

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