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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This process is horrible.   I have twins who have never received any academic tutoring.  They were hand picked by the school for level 2 in 1st grade and randomly (accidentally?) booted from it despite 80% in iready and mostly 4s.  97% cogat 99% nnat 130 iq.  Rejected for level iv.  And I haven't heard boo on my level 3 application submitted in February. [/quote]

80% iReady scores do not indicate a child that needs extra services. It represents a child that is doing fine in the regular classroom. They are getting 4's because they have mastered grade level material but their iReady's don't show that they are ahead of grade level.

97% on the CoGAT shows that they are smart and capable, it is a great score. Most of the kids in LIV have scores in the 99th percentile. There are some kids in AAP in the 97-98th percentile but not that many and I suspect those kids are coming from Title 1 schools.

I doubt they were removed from LII accidently, I would guess that they were not performing at the level of the other kids in the LII groupings, at least, their iReady scores suggest that.

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Except that iReady's are typically used as diagnostics to identify gaps and focus areas, not traditional achievement tests.  This is the first year that they seemed to have emphasized it at all in the decision process.

Anecdotally, every child in AAP gets 99% (132 composite?) but the study done a few years back identified the actual average at 123 if I recall.

It's hard to achieve higher grade level skills in order to do well as you state without supplementation from home or other outside resources... which the OP states receives none.  Maybe a disservice to the kids if AAP was the desired outcome.

Being bumped from LII is NOT a promising indicator of how the School and AART feel about your children.

For OP, the only thing I can recommend is to not let your foot off the pedal - let it be known you want your child to receive services, and why.  If you're at a non-center school, advocate for your child to be in the LLIV program as a fill-in.  As sad as it is, the more vocal parents will influence decisions over the non-complainers.  (it could also back-fire, but honestly the chances of that are slim given FCPS track record)[/quote]

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