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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Twin 1:

NNAT not taken, new to FCPS
CogAT - 128
GBRS - unknown
Submitted a few home work samples and wrote a letter.
In

Twin 2:

NNAT not taken
CogAT- 134
GBRS - unknown
Submitted a few home work samples and wrote a letter.
Not Accepted.

DD1 is an organized, outgoing people-pleaser who is good at the "school" part of school. Her teacher had glowing things to say at the fall conference, so GBRS must have been good. She would have been fine either staying in Gen Ed or moving to AAP.

DD2 is more introverted and struggles with ADHD-inattentive, but is obsessed with science and flies through new math concepts. She would love to make a friend who likes lizards and space as much as she does. Of the two, she's the one who would have truly benefited from AAP.

From my perspective, the whole process is completely arbitrary and subjective.[/quote]

If there is so much reliance on GBRS or teacher comments, whats the point in taking these aptitude tests? I thought the whole point of NNAT or COGAT is to identify kids who might not otherwise be recognized in normal setting. [/quote]

Neither kid crushed the the test. 134 is an excellent score but it is only a few questions answered correctly above a 128. I am not knocking the score, DS scored 135, just saying that they are not the types of scores that you scratch your head and go how did that kid get in and that kid did not? The GBRSs are important because it points to what the Teachers are seeing in the classroom. In the example above, the kids are very different personalities.

Ask for the GBRSs. You will be able to compare what the Teaches said and that should help you write a great appeal letter for your second child that addresses the areas that the Teacher favored your one child over the other. Call out your child's comprehension of math and provide examples. Like, she enjoys playing math based games or completing logic puzzles or something more concrete then "She flies through math." Discuss her obsession around space. What is it that she is fascinated by and provide examples of how she dives deeper into the subject. "DD2 loves studying space. She has read books on super novas and and asked to watch shows on Super Novas. She finds is interested in understanding why Uranus has a different orbit than Earth." The more specific you are, the easier it is for the Committee to see what you are talking about.

Provide work samples that point to her more in depth knowledge, interest in math and science. Find some logic puzzles online and ask her to solve  them and write an explanation of how she got that answer. Look for ones for kids in third grade. DS's packet included two logic puzzles that he solved at school with his explanation on his thought process. [/quote]

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