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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Excellent response! The huge problam that FCPS created by not adjusting for age is [b]twofold[/b]:
* firstly, the percentiles of younger kids (say, summer '05) are lower than what they should have been
* secondly, the percentiles of older kids (say, Fall of '04, or even earlier if they were redshirted) are higher than what they should have been, as they were now estimated in comparison to a different statistical population.
Now that's what I call a [b]huge[/b] mess![/quote]

I agree, this is an issue.  Yes, the parents can still refer, and yes, being in the pool doesn't mean the committee will select the child.  But it still makes sense to expect the test to be age adjusted.  I have a 3rd grader with a fall birthday and a 2nd grader with a summer birthday and I can see a difference in having the older vs. younger child for their grade.   My current 2nd grader with the summer birthday got a 90 CogAT but got in the pool with her 99 percentile NNAT score.   I imagine the GRBS will be important to her application.  [/quote]

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