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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Got the letter with "not eligible" decision. NNAT score 145 COGAT 131, not sure if I should appeal or not. Child is above grade in Math and Reading with all 4s in grading reports.[/quote]
Absolutely ridiculous!   You should appeal, since pretty much all of the kids in your child's current math and reading groups will get in.  [/quote]

Agree. Do you have any idea why your child wouldn't be accepted? Did you test prep? [/quote]

I don't know the GBRS yet. Also her COGAT composite is 131( that is 1 point lower than the cut off. Another reason could be her Verbal( verbal was lower than other sections, but since she is bilingual, english being the second language in our house we thought she is doing okay. [/quote]

[b]Some schools give lower GBRS scores to their well behaved girls so they can keep them there.[/b] If you arrange for your child to take the WISC and appeal, you can at least know that you covered your bases. [b]I've seen this happen over a few different class years at my child's school in the eastern Fairfax County area.[/b]
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Your statement about schools lowering scores to keep well-behaved girls is probably one of the most ridiculous comments I’ve ever seen here. And that is saying a lot.  Please stop with your nonsense observations. Are you an FCPS staff member? Were you sitting in on the screening meetings? Do you regularly throw out such absurd statements and then pretend that they are fact? [/quote]

You're right, I did not sit in on screening meetings, although I do have background as a teacher in a different school district.  I am repeating an observation made by numerous parents at my child's school, with many anecdotal real life examples. Parents have told me about many girls who were in the pool who were not accepted while boys who were not in the pool were accepted.

Obviously, this isn't a policy on the part of the school. It might be something that just happens because quiet, well-behaved girls might not be seen as being as bright as they are because they don't excitedly call out answers or jump up to volunteer for things. My own child's AAP class consisted of more boys than girls over their four years from third through sixth.

In any event, when parents of girls who were in pool but not accepted ask me if they should appeal, I almost always say yes, because I know that girls like that can easily get overlooked. My kids are out of that school now but we are involved in activities that have younger kids. The parents know me and know I have a background in education, so that is why they ask me. 
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Damn, PP. You really are embarrassing yourself. You would have done well to just respond with, 'You're right. I had no business making such a statement." [/quote]

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