Anonymous
Post 02/14/2013 23:37     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
70vqn checking in.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2013 09:47     Subject: Re:Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Anonymous wrote:my kid is totally average non-gifted but that didn't keep said DC out of AAP.
(oh, and thriving of course).


Of course!
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2013 09:38     Subject: Re:Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
my kid is totally average non-gifted but that didn't keep said DC out of AAP.
(oh, and thriving of course).
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2013 09:35     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Bumping this thread because it's the most honest, useful thing I've seen here in a long time.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2013 21:09     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
What is stanine? When do Arlington county children take these tests(age and date). I have a first grader and don't know what all of this is about- please educate. Clearly, an average mom here!
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2013 20:43     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
I LOVE THIS THREAD!!
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2013 00:51     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
67 VQN. He's a healthy, happy, polite kid with a good group of friends and sense of self. For me to demand or even want more would be ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 21:46     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Hey. Should we start two or three more threads on a similar topic as this one, or is one enough?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 20:26     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Or today's NAACP lawsuit.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 18:05     Subject: Re:Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
NNAT was 43 last year. DS blew CogAT out of the water with a 56 VQN. I plan on referring as clearly my child needs to be with AAP peers. If denied I will appeal. If that fails I will sue. If that fails I will file class action lawsuit. Why should only the high scorers get into AAP? It is clearly a discriminatory program. Reminds me of the old "separate but equal" of the 1950s.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 16:32     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DW and I celebrated last year when my DS's math SOL score came back above 400! We figured every point about that was just a bonus.


Wonderful!! And I am NOT being snarky.


I know you're not.
It's true though. My DW and I both teach elementary students for FCPS. I was pretty relieved when I found out the preliminary score was at least passing.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 14:43     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
Hahaha, best thread ever seen on this website! Love.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2013 14:27     Subject: Parents of average, non-gifted kids check in here
NNAT last year was 108 or 105 or something. CogAt VQN is 78, which is actually higher than the NNAT percentilewise and it's only FCPS soninthout itnwould be lower. We're happy. DC is an awesome kid. DC is a completely different child than DC's older AAP sibling. Older sibling really fits in for AAP. Younger DC probably would not. We're fine with the test results and think they are accurate. We're just trying to think of the right way to frame them in conversation so younger DC still feels good about himself. We would not discuss it, but it does come up at school and all of the kids know I what AAP is. Also, DC was asking if he would also change schools in third grade.