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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since making the pool based on test scores does not guarantee anything to begin with in regard to aap acceptance, age adjusting is irrelevant.  
In the past 40% of non pool kids have made it in AAP.  Its laughable to think a couple of percentile points would make any difference in the evaluation process.[/quote]

So, according to your logic, if someone told you that you would be making $50 less a year because of your age, it would be OK because it wouldn't make much difference in your total income anyway, right?

Any way you see this, if the CogAT scores this year are not age-normed, it constitutes [b]age discrimination[/b], which last I checked was still illegal in this country - even if it only affects one kid out of 10,000. Period. How difficult is it for you people to understand it?

FYI, age-based normalization doesn't affect my kid, because he has a Jan. birthday and is already in the pool. But I can clearly see how FCPS screwed up big time this year, if the scores are not age-normed. I also understand completely how parents, even if their kids are not directly (or significantly) affected, are upset by such an arbitrary decision by FCPS, that has lead to a scientifically incorrect implementation of this test with illegal consequences.[/quote]

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