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Anonymous wrote: I would like to know how FF County determined the extent of those parents who had access to the test format and who were actually prepping.

Maybe they've been reading local parenting websites?

Yeah, the gold standard of data collection.

Anonymous wrote: I would like to know how FF County determined the extent of those parents who had access to the test format and who were actually prepping.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

Bitter much?

Not really, we are in the pool with 99% NNAT (145) and a 95% CogAt and as far as I can tell, our chances look pretty good for eligibility at this point.

However, that doesn't detract from the fact that scores should have been age-adjusted, in which case my DC would have gotten a 99% in CogAT as well. The whole issue is not personal, as some of you make it to appear. It's about a fair representation of how much more of a substantial accomplishment a good score is for a kid who took the test at 7y 1m as compared to a kid who took it at 7y 11m. Not to speak of the kids who are at 131 NNAT and 94% CogAT etc.


So, no, it's not about me, and most definitely it's not about you, and if some parents are bitter because their young kids just missed the cut because of their age, they have an excuse. What's yours? Afraid that your redshirted child's scores will drop if age counts?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

Bitter much?

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

Bitter much?

Anonymous wrote:So now we have official confirmation that age matters and that the reason why it was not taken into account this year is that there aren't enough data to do so. But, rest assured parents, it will be done in the future, as soon as enough data are collected. Now if this means that some kids this year will be screwed, so be it... Who cares, life is not fair anyway, and besides, there are other things that will be taken into consideration for placement, right?

Yeah, right, I am so relieved now, thank you FCPS! My Sept. kid and I also want to thank all these parents who tried their darnest to cheat the system any way they could, forcing FCPS to resort to such half-baked measures to compensate for their actions.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I really learned a lot from this site!! I also learned there're lots of dark open secrets out there. I work a lot (very heave work load.) I feel bad that I haven't spent enough time with my child to prepare her/coach her. From now on, I'm dertermined to find all kinds of materials or turtoring or whatever to pave the road for my child. But deep in my mind, I'd rather her to have a very happy childhood, to explore this world (we've travelled lots of places in the world so far), to pursue her passion, to expand her interests, to be not afraid of making mistakes (including having bad scores) etc. But sadly, we, as parents seem to be very obsessed with their test scores. Sigh.

Let her figure it all out on her own. She will be a better adult having graduated from the school of hard knocks rather than AAP and TJ.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I really learned a lot from this site!! I also learned there're lots of dark open secrets out there. I work a lot (very heave work load.) I feel bad that I haven't spent enough time with my child to prepare her/coach her. From now on, I'm dertermined to find all kinds of materials or turtoring or whatever to pave the road for my child. But deep in my mind, I'd rather her to have a very happy childhood, to explore this world (we've travelled lots of places in the world so far), to pursue her passion, to expand her interests, to be not afraid of making mistakes (including having bad scores) etc. But sadly, we, as parents seem to be very obsessed with their test scores. Sigh.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I really learned a lot from this site!! I also learned there're lots of dark open secrets out there. I work a lot (very heave work load.) I feel bad that I haven't spent enough time with my child to prepare her/coach her. From now on, I'm dertermined to find all kinds of materials or turtoring or whatever to pave the road for my child. But deep in my mind, I'd rather her to have a very happy childhood, to explore this world (we've travelled lots of places in the world so far), to pursue her passion, to expand her interests, to be not afraid of making mistakes (including having bad scores) etc. But sadly, we, as parents seem to be very obsessed with their test scores. Sigh.