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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This CogAt test is worthless everyone says our student is gifted...yet bombed the CogAt.   Seriously APS?[/quote]
Its a test, so theoretically you can do badly, but the variation shouldn't be extreme.  I've had to accept my kids are not gifted personally.  Nothing wrong with that.  [/quote]

The test wasn't glitch-free, for sure. Scores showed that DD didn't answer one question. She said she had submitted her answer, but the teacher's device showed that it was still unanswered. They just left it at that.  It was weird. [/quote]
How old is your child?  I'm not sure I would trust my third grader to tell me if they didn't answer a question.
Again, nothing wrong with your child if they aren't identified.  You can get the same test done by a private vendor if you think there was an issue -- APS will accept the results if done through a legitimate third party and use those to give you services.
That all having been said,  gifted services are not really that great.  My daughter was initially identified in second grade when she took the NNAT.  I haven't seen anything significantly different between her experience and the one of her bright but not gifted older sister.  If your child is kind of borderline for advanced math when you get to middle school, it might make a difference, but most kids don't do advanced math in middle school anyways until 7th/8th grade (where the recommendation is based more on your childs performance than anything else).  Maybe things are significantly different in high school, but my kids in elementary and middle have not had enough differentiation where I would worry about them being left out if they are not receiving services.  [/quote]

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