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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please explain me what "in pool" works? how the selection to AAP decided for the pool?[/quote]

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/benchmark.shtml

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/idfaqs.shtml#benchmark

How is the second grade pool of candidates for the full-time AAP ( level IV) center program determined? 
The purpose of the second grade screening pool is to identify a starting point for creating files to screen for possible Level IV service.  [b] The second grade pool is determined through a review of the NNAT test results from grade 1 and CogAT test results from grade 2.[/b]  Each year the benchmark score varies slightly and is determined based on how students across the district performed as a group. Second grade students not in the screening pool and third through seventh graders (as there is no screening pool outside of second grade) may be screened by referral. Administrators, teachers, parent/guardians, or students may submit a referral/self-referral. 
Why is the benchmark for the 2nd grade pool different each year?

[b]The make-up of the 2nd grade pool is determined by student performance on the two tests.[/b] It is difficult to predict how the students will do from year to year and, therefore, the benchmark or cutoff scores vary accordingly.  This score is usually in the 130's.

Why isn’t the composite score for my child’s CogAT an average of the subtest scores?
The composite score is not an average of the Standard Age Scores (SAS) from the subtests.  It is an average – but it is calculated by conversions from raw scores to universal scale scores and then averaging.

Why does the score used for the benchmark vary?
Each year FCPS tries to capture a similar number of students as a starting point for screening.  In some years, capturing that number is best accomplished through use of the subtest scores;  other years the composite score better captures that number.  [b]It is important to remember that the pool is just a starting point and does not guarantee eligibility since, according to Virginia regulation, no single piece of information can find a student eligible or ineligible.[/b]  FCPS uses a holistic case study approach as prescribed in the National Association for Gifted Children’s best practices.  Students for whom referrals are done have files created in the same manner as pool candidates and are screened at the same time as pool candidates. [/quote]

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