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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An IQ of 120 puts a person in the 90th percentile for intelligence. While the NNAT and the CogAT are not IQ tests, they are meant to be proxies. A child that scores 120 on the CogAT is well above average intelligence and will probably do just fine in AAP. It is hardly an awful score.

The committee is using test scores as well as class room behavior and work to try and determine who might benefit from AAP. A kid with a 140 test score and poor class work and motivation in class might be really bright but not do well in AAP because they don't seem to be motivated in the classroom. A kid with 120 and excellent classwork and showing motivation in class might not be as intelligent as the kid with the 140 but gives the appearance of being motivated and probably in a good place to do well in AAP.

The process is not perfect but there is far more grey area in the selection process then people here want to acknowledge. test scores are one indicator of intelligence but that does not equate with being a good fit in AAP.

And there are folks who are far more driven to get their kid into AAP because they are at lower performing schools and want to move their kids into AAP because they hope to surround their kids with other kids that appear to be motivated to learn. And their are folks who are less concerned about AAP because the base school is solid and the parents are less worried about the education their kid is going to receive. And then there are the parents who see AAP as a status symbol.

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Kids with 120-129 IQs are actually in that golden range where they are more likely to excel in many environments--they will often lead in the regular school environment and be challenged in advanced academics.  These are the kids private schools often really want in their admissions tests.

The thing is there is federal regulation that schools need to address the educational needs of 'gifted' students, typically defined by being 2 SD over the norm on an IQ test or proxy (so above 130).  These kids are not as likely to always do well because higher IQs can make you a mismatch for many education environments.  Fairfax is trying to have its AAP program meet that requirement to serve "gifted students" but not call it that and so plenty of kids would do fine in the AAP program with scores in the 120s.  But the kid with  140+ IQ often has mismatched thinking/odd quirks that can make learning in traditional environment harder even though they may have more "intellectual capacity" . It's important (and required) to ensure that these kids get appropriate supports.  I worry when I hear AAP teachers thinking kids that struggle are the problem--because it may be the highly gifted kids that are struggling because the environment is more suited to a basically bright hard-working kid, not a kid with a higher IQ who tends to overthink, to have divergent ideas, to obsess on an area of interest etc. [/quote]

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