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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious about the nnat scores coming in this year. I was really surprised that ds only got a score of 105. This kind of thing is what he does best! I'm trying not to stress knowing this is only one test but now I am curious. Seems like a raw score of 36/48 would be higher than 60%. Did more students do very well this year or is this average for fcps? I am new to this so pardon my cluelessness. ?[/quote]

45/48 was 99th percentile. [/quote]

The test is age-normed, so a given score would be a different percentile depending on your kid's age. [/quote]

This, many parents are confused by the raw score and the resulting percentile but a couple things to take into account:
1) age-normed: You could have two children in the same grade with the same raw score but different percentiles due to their age at the time of the test (I know a child in first grade who turned 8-he was a May birthday and parents opted to have him do K 2xs, and a child in 1st grade who turned 6-late September birthday, parents opted to enter before she turned 5). The age norm is a standard part of testing.

2) This is a brief snap shot of your child, maybe he/she had a bad testing day. Maybe this test was confusing to him/her, maybe he/she hit the wrong buttons, who knows? There are a ton of possible confounding variables.

I have done testing in the past and have been surprised by parents reactions. I think very few people actually realize what scores mean (including WISC and resulting "IQ" numbers), just because your child scores in a normal range doesn't mean he/she can't/won't be successful and I can definitely tell you that just because he/she scores in a "profound" range, does not mean he/she will be successful. It is simply on data point.

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I posted the 45/48 99th percentile data point. When was the test given to 1st graders? Late fall? My child would have been ~6yr3mo.

Sorry, I really don't know much about AAP because I don't really care. I'm not going to help "guide" my son one way or the other. If he's in the pool -- great; if not -- great. If one is in the the right FCPS HS pyramid, I'd say how the child applies him/herself matters much much more than the the track s/he is on.

I have a 4th grader in gen ed and she's doing just fine. In 14 years, when she's applying for her first job, none of this crap will matter.

Why am I here, then? You might ask. When I got my son's NNAT2 score, I thought I should educate myself on AAP just in case he ends up in the pool. That led me here; and I was quickly reminded why I should stay away. See ya! [/quote]

Not sure what you're so offended by in this thread.  But yes, your kid was among the younger ones taking the test.  If a kid took the test at 6y11mo, he probably would have needed 47/48 to be in the 99th percentile.[/quote]

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