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Anonymous wrote:My DD was in the 99th percentile for both test and isn't in pool. How is the program approx 20% of the grade and kids with those scores aren't in pool? Seems bizarre. We are not at a super high SES school.

In-pool is the top 10% of each school. The 99th percentile on the CoGAT covers a large range of scores. My kid scored a 135 on the CoGAT which is 99th percentile but would not have been the top 10% at a bunch of schools in FCPS. There are schools where the test score for in-pool is in the 140’s. SES influences the test score, because higher SES families are more informed that the program exist and are more like to enrich their children academically at home and through after school programs, which raises test scores.

LIV is not 20% of the grade for every grade across the county. Twenty percent of the kids end up in LIV by 6th grade because kids are referred after 2nd grade and added to the program or kids move into FCPS and are added to the program. Since kids cannot be removed from LIV once they are accepted into the program, the percent of kids in the program grows each year. Third grade is well under 20% of the student population being in LIV.

This 100%. Very well described. DC was 136 NNAT/COGAT (99% is 132+, but scores go up to 160) in Chantilly Pyramid - not in Pool last year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD was in the 99th percentile for both test and isn't in pool. How is the program approx 20% of the grade and kids with those scores aren't in pool? Seems bizarre. We are not at a super high SES school.

In-pool is the top 10% of each school. The 99th percentile on the CoGAT covers a large range of scores. My kid scored a 135 on the CoGAT which is 99th percentile but would not have been the top 10% at a bunch of schools in FCPS. There are schools where the test score for in-pool is in the 140’s. SES influences the test score, because higher SES families are more informed that the program exist and are more like to enrich their children academically at home and through after school programs, which raises test scores.

LIV is not 20% of the grade for every grade across the county. Twenty percent of the kids end up in LIV by 6th grade because kids are referred after 2nd grade and added to the program or kids move into FCPS and are added to the program. Since kids cannot be removed from LIV once they are accepted into the program, the percent of kids in the program grows each year. Third grade is well under 20% of the student population being in LIV.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these emails from the central AAP office to all families who applied by the October 15th deadline? Or is this something else? We are transitioning our kids out of private school, and I am still figuring this out.

This thread is completely separate from the Nov15 deadline for newly enrolled students from private school this past fall. You will receive a decision by Dec 30.

https://www.fcps.edu/registration/advanced-academics-identification-and-placement/privatehome-schooled-students

Anonymous wrote:My DD was in the 99th percentile for both test and isn't in pool. How is the program approx 20% of the grade and kids with those scores aren't in pool? Seems bizarre. We are not at a super high SES school.

Anonymous wrote:Are these emails from the central AAP office to all families who applied by the October 15th deadline? Or is this something else? We are transitioning our kids out of private school, and I am still figuring this out.

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Anonymous wrote:All in-pool letters were sent out the AAP office yesterday (Tuesday) at 5pm.

If you did not receive it, your child is not in-pool.

—signed a principal

Does this mean they are less likely to get in?

Anonymous wrote:All in-pool letters were sent out the AAP office yesterday (Tuesday) at 5pm.

If you did not receive it, your child is not in-pool.

—signed a principal

Anonymous wrote:Just checking to see if any other people are surprised that some people are saying they’re getting their in pool email. Fairfax County has a history of sending those out exactly at the start of a break. Great that they’re changing their ways. Just wonder if everybody was comfortable with the idea they were already sent out or should it be met with some skepticism?