Buzz Aldrin scores and in pool letter came in mail together today.
NNAT 142
Cogat Composite 142
Verbal 122
Quant 144
Non verbal 142

In pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the real responses. To the others, what exactly is the problem? I see people here reporting 150 and 160 scores not getting them into the program. Whats driving the reaction?

Well, from what I read, the kid with a 148 had some behavioral problem and the teacher didn't recommend for the first year, but recommended for the second year so he got in. The second, with a NNAT 160 but didn't take cogat test (why?), maybe the FCPS thought the kid were not serious about the test, therefore rejected him/her?

This was discussing my ds (CogAT 148, 99%ile composite), and this is exactly what I think happened. When I say behavior problems, we are not talking agression, or even acting out. It was more impulsivity, distracting others, inattention, etc. I felt that his 2nd grade teacher did not get him. She took his social immaturity as a lack of drive, in spite of straight O's with little effort. I feel pretty confident about this, as at a meeting later in the year (after all the AAP stuff was finished in 2nd grade) she and the guidance counselor told me that they would not be one bit surprised if he matured over the summer of 2nd grade, and breezed in on parent referral in 3rd grade. Though I did not see a behavior component of the GBRS, I suspect her score was impacted. I felt his 3rd grade teacher had more patience, and really, saw that the reason he was so distractable had a lot to do with the lack of being challenged.

AAP consideration is really not supposed to consider social immaturity, but if you take a look at our school's AAP class, there is a much higher % of girls than boys. I feel that often, a GBRS may be clouded by 1)behavior or 2) shyness (this was not our case, but I have friends who have expressed as much). I would be most curious to see if there are any AAP stats on % of girls/boys admitted in the first round. Of course, I am going on some sterotypes that 1) girls tend to mature earlier and 2) there is a much higher incidence of ADHD in boys than girls. (I will mention I have two boys and two girls, and in our house, both stereotypes are true)

Anyone from Coates ES?

Do the schools always notify you of the scores? My son is in first grade.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks to the real responses. To the others, what exactly is the problem? I see people here reporting 150 and 160 scores not getting them into the program. Whats driving the reaction?

Well, from what I read, the kid with a 148 had some behavioral problem and the teacher didn't recommend for the first year, but recommended for the second year so he got in. The second, with a NNAT 160 but didn't take cogat test (why?), maybe the FCPS thought the kid were not serious about the test, therefore rejected him/her?

once the file has been submitted to the central office committee, you can request a copy of your child's file from the aart at your school. usually sometime towards the end of february i think. there will be no information shared with you before it is out of your schools hands.

Thanks to the real responses. To the others, what exactly is the problem? I see people here reporting 150 and 160 scores not getting them into the program. Whats driving the reaction?

When are the files submitted to the committee?

You can request the file after it has been submitted.

agree!

Anonymous wrote:When is the earliest we can find out the gbrs? It is inappropriate to ask the teacher what they are scoring the child at before Feb 3? I'm not sure how much effort to put in the application- we have a 127 NNAT, a 136 COGAT (we did no prep on either of these) all O's on report card this year. My child's teacher is very insistant on child being GT so I assume score will be good but it'd be nice to know for sure.

Give us a break.

At our school the teachers won't talk about GBRS, they refer all the questions to the AARTs.

When is the earliest we can find out the gbrs? It is inappropriate to ask the teacher what they are scoring the child at before Feb 3? I'm not sure how much effort to put in the application- we have a 127 NNAT, a 136 COGAT (we did no prep on either of these) all O's on report card this year. My child's teacher is very insistant on child being GT so I assume score will be good but it'd be nice to know for sure.

Anonymous wrote:to 17:28 on 1/24 - I'm surprised the school didn't automatically give your second grader the NNAT since he was new. I guess you had to request it.

Indeed we had to request it for our son. Once we did, they decided to give it to all students who were new to the school in second grade. Is GBRS filled out by the teacher in case of self-referral? Also since second grade NNAT results don't count towards the pool, how are they helpful?

to 17:28 on 1/24 - I'm surprised the school didn't automatically give your second grader the NNAT since he was new. I guess you had to request it.