Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

Making it illegal to run a test prep center for cogat might help a little but its not going to happen because of legality of that measure l

There are so many online places that offers the same services. It could run from another country. How many places can be blocked? This is why admission to AAP is based on many factors. This thread is prime example of it.

There are seat limitations so prepped child is not taking away not-prepped child seat.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

Tests need to be consistent for the scores need to be reliable over time. It is difficult and expensive to change test questions constantly because they need to be measured against standards.

Do you mean to say test questions are repeated every year? Questions are randomly generated.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

This is why FCPS developed their own CogAT a few years ago.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

Tests need to be consistent for the scores need to be reliable over time. It is difficult and expensive to change test questions constantly because they need to be measured against standards.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

Making it illegal to run a test prep center for cogat might help a little but its not going to happen because of legality of that measure l

FCPS should take steps to prevent prepping. They can have all kids planning to take the test do so along with other kids already in the school system. The test itself can be unannounced. Part of the problem is that they’re administering the exact same questions to the kids over and over again. Change that up, and it makes it difficult to prep.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Only group ability test results from FCPS, George Mason University (GMU), or other school districts will be accepted.“

FCPS does not accept results from tests administered by individual schools (assuming such a thing is possible).

The WISC is not a group test.
It is an individual test.
FCPS dies not explicitly state that all testing has to be done at GMU.

PP is referring to CogAT and NNAT group administration, not the WISC.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of all the Asian AAP cheaters in FCPS - just another great reason to live in Arlington. [/quote]
This is not helpful. You have nothing to contribute except that you are anti asian and anti fairfax.
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What is not helpful is an entire community of cheaters. These insufferable parents make all Asian Indians look bad and this practice needs to stop.

Anonymous wrote:So the private schools gave the CogAt and NNAT to all the students in second grade? And all the students in 2nd grade apply to AAP?

I don’t believe they can. If they do, FCPS doesn’t accept it.

Anonymous wrote:“Only group ability test results from FCPS, George Mason University (GMU), or other school districts will be accepted.“

FCPS does not accept results from tests administered by individual schools (assuming such a thing is possible).

The WISC is not a group test.
It is an individual test.
FCPS dies not explicitly state that all testing has to be done at GMU.

So the private schools gave the CogAt and NNAT to all the students in second grade? And all the students in 2nd grade apply to AAP?

How is an entire school for early elementary "academically advanced"? This is strange.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here

Many of his classmates have got random scores it is not uniform or in 99 percentile But his school being academically advanced most got good scores

Looks like he would have got selected if we have got Wisc done by gmu

Fcps should then clearly state only gmu is accepted instead of making us go through all this

"His school being academically advanced" I think OP answered the question right there. It sounds like fcps have gotten hip to the game. Put him in the base school and let him enter from there.

Don’t understand this, most of private schools and Montessori are advanced syllabus. Does that mean one is not allowed from private to aap but only from fcps. Makes no sense

Anonymous wrote:Because of all the Asian AAP cheaters in FCPS - just another great reason to live in Arlington.

This is not helpful. You have nothing to contribute except that you are anti asian and anti fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:Op here

Many of his classmates have got random scores it is not uniform or in 99 percentile But his school being academically advanced most got good scores

Looks like he would have got selected if we have got Wisc done by gmu

Fcps should then clearly state only gmu is accepted instead of making us go through all this

"His school being academically advanced" I think OP answered the question right there. It sounds like fcps have gotten hip to the game. Put him in the base school and let him enter from there.