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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC was found not eligible.
NNAT 124
CogAT 120 (Q115, NV114, V126)
GBRS all C's with amazing comments but with only Math checked as advanced (He is in above grade level in LA per Q2 report, so not sure why it wasn't checked. He is currently in advanced math.)
Good school work samples (although messy handwriting)

I am hoping WISC or other IQ test will do the trick here for appeal...[/quote]

If those tests were cold (no preparation) then you are looking at a WISC in the low 120s. That hasn't been high enough in previous years. [/quote]

This frustrates me so much. You guys don’t understand that a WISC is an IQ test and the CoGAT is an ability test. They measure different things and can therefore be vastly different. My son bombed the CoGAT but had a very high WISC.[/quote]

No, people do understand that. For most kids, the CogAT and NNAT are decent proxies for a childs IQ. They are not perfect but most of the population will have similar scores on the CogAT as the WISC. There are exceptions to the rule, like your child.  The reality is that the WISC is a better tool but too expensive and they county needed to find the best approximation. So while the OPs child might crush the WISC, it is more likely that the score will be in the 125-130 range.

The real issue is that 125 is still really, really smart but because of this process we lose sight of that because we want scores in the 130-150 range since those scores are more likely to lead to an AAP acceptance.

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I think this child would get in on appeal with 125-130 WISC with GBRS that is 4 consistently marks. If child had 2C 2F, maybe not.  It seems like GBRS was given really high weighting this year.  CogAT and NNAT are not in pool but not very low either.  [/quote]

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