Anonymous
12/12/2023 10:38
Subject: In pool notifications
Our AART warned us in September that we might not get scores or in pool notifications before Parent Referrals are due.
Anonymous
12/12/2023 10:37
Subject: In pool notifications
Has anyone in Fairfax county received pool notifications as yet? Given as AAP referrals are due in 3 days, I am wondering when these are sent out.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 18:14
Subject: Re:In pool notifications
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In-Pool scores are there to make sure that kids whose parents might not apply are included in the process. Not every parent knows about AAP or sees the emails/fliers on AAP meetings and thinks “I should attend that.” The test scores provide all kids who do exceptionally well on them an opportunity to be screened.
I doubt that the test scores are used for any other reason than to make sure that the top kids at each school are screened. The Teacher evals focus on classroom curiosity and readiness. The iReady gets at academic readiness. Report cards show a child’s limited academic history. Samples show how a child thinks/works.
FCPS should look at the grades the current AAP kids receive in 3-6 grades and backtest against their NNAT and CogAT scores to test the validity of the testing instruments at predicting success in the LIV centers. Do the kids with scores in the lower ranges (say below 132) struggle or are they doing just as well as their peers with scores up in the 140 + range? For this purpose, "prepping" doesn't matter one way or the other, just the score they achieved. Do teachers have to lower the level of instruction for kids with lower test scores or are they indistinguishable from their higher scoring peers once in the AAP program? This might be an alternate way to spend all that consulting money that FCPS throws around on other things.
Agree, and they should also backtest the validity of the GBRS using the same metrics, plus SOL scores.
Anonymous
12/06/2023 08:52
Subject: Re:In pool notifications
Anonymous wrote:In-Pool scores are there to make sure that kids whose parents might not apply are included in the process. Not every parent knows about AAP or sees the emails/fliers on AAP meetings and thinks “I should attend that.” The test scores provide all kids who do exceptionally well on them an opportunity to be screened.
I doubt that the test scores are used for any other reason than to make sure that the top kids at each school are screened. The Teacher evals focus on classroom curiosity and readiness. The iReady gets at academic readiness. Report cards show a child’s limited academic history. Samples show how a child thinks/works.
FCPS should look at the grades the current AAP kids receive in 3-6 grades and backtest against their NNAT and CogAT scores to test the validity of the testing instruments at predicting success in the LIV centers. Do the kids with scores in the lower ranges (say below 132) struggle or are they doing just as well as their peers with scores up in the 140 + range? For this purpose, "prepping" doesn't matter one way or the other, just the score they achieved. Do teachers have to lower the level of instruction for kids with lower test scores or are they indistinguishable from their higher scoring peers once in the AAP program? This might be an alternate way to spend all that consulting money that FCPS throws around on other things.
Anonymous
12/05/2023 19:34
Subject: Re:In pool notifications
In-Pool scores are there to make sure that kids whose parents might not apply are included in the process. Not every parent knows about AAP or sees the emails/fliers on AAP meetings and thinks “I should attend that.” The test scores provide all kids who do exceptionally well on them an opportunity to be screened.
I doubt that the test scores are used for any other reason than to make sure that the top kids at each school are screened. The Teacher evals focus on classroom curiosity and readiness. The iReady gets at academic readiness. Report cards show a child’s limited academic history. Samples show how a child thinks/works.
I doubt that the test scores are used for any other reason than to make sure that the top kids at each school are screened. The Teacher evals focus on classroom curiosity and readiness. The iReady gets at academic readiness. Report cards show a child’s limited academic history. Samples show how a child thinks/works.
Anonymous
12/05/2023 16:50
Subject: In pool notifications
Precisely
Anonymous
12/05/2023 16:17
Subject: Re:In pool notifications
This
Anonymous
12/05/2023 15:52
Subject: In pool notifications
Anonymous wrote:Yes we understand. It will just make us feel good to know that they were in the pool
I also think parents are looking for something objective that will reinforce/contradict how they view their kid's level. Otherwise, the sample size in a family is pretty small. And high test scores must count a little, or FCPS would completely eliminate them.
Anonymous
12/05/2023 14:38
Subject: In pool notifications
Two yrs ago they came after-school hours via email on December 7th. No system wide test glitches then though.
Anonymous
12/05/2023 10:54
Subject: In pool notifications
Yes we understand. It will just make us feel good to know that they were in the pool
Anonymous
12/05/2023 10:32
Subject: Re:In pool notifications
No one should stress about in pool notifications. The only thing that it tells you is that your kid's NNAT and COGAT scores were high, relative to other kids in the school. If you want your kid to be considered for AAP, just do the parent referral and you're basically in the same position as someone who is "in pool."
Anonymous
12/04/2023 19:38
Subject: In pool notifications
Maybe ,maybe not. Who knows
Anonymous
12/04/2023 12:04
Subject: In pool notifications
They're likely to come out after the referral submission this year, correct?
Anonymous
12/04/2023 10:27
Subject: In pool notifications
Anonymous wrote:Will they come by mail or email? Where are they sent from?
Anonymous
12/04/2023 10:14
Subject: In pool notifications
Will they come by mail or email? Where are they sent from?