Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 21:42     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Anonymous wrote:For a student who did not make the pool but has close numbers, does anyone have any recommendation regarding whether to put all supporting info (WISC, art, recs, etc.) in with the referral or wait until the appeals process? Our AAP advisor informally said to the whole group, turn in a "clean" (read minimal) referral and save the great supporting materials until appeal. I've heard other things from parents going through the process.


Our AART said the same thing last year. I don't trust her, though. She is horrible. We did save our WISC results for appeal and I'm glad we did. We needed them.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 20:53     Subject: cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
1grade nnat
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 11:08     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
For the numbers of AAP enrollees, I am looking at the school profile website, demographics tab.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 10:58     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
For a student who did not make the pool but has close numbers, does anyone have any recommendation regarding whether to put all supporting info (WISC, art, recs, etc.) in with the referral or wait until the appeals process? Our AAP advisor informally said to the whole group, turn in a "clean" (read minimal) referral and save the great supporting materials until appeal. I've heard other things from parents going through the process.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 10:16     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Can someone help me make sense of the Level 4 enrollment numbers at the elementary schools? Mantua says it has 9 enrolled (less than 1%) in Level 4... Some schools have 6%, others 15%... Washington Mill in Alexandria has 22%.


What are you looking at? The Mantua number makes no sense because it is an AAP center.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 10:09     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Hi My daughter is in 1st grade and her NATI score is 132 , so can i think that she is assured to be in GT pool for next year assesment?.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 02:14     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
I should have said Mantua has around 1% and Washington Mill around 22%.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2011 02:11     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Can someone help me make sense of the Level 4 enrollment numbers at the elementary schools? Mantua says it has 9 enrolled (less than 1%) in Level 4... Some schools have 6%, others 15%... Washington Mill in Alexandria has 22%.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 23:39     Subject: cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
that is exactly how the report looks
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 23:19     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Your NNAT2 score report should look similar to this...

http://www.pearsonassessments.com/NR/rdonlyres/79444C3D-9B46-4870-A83B-8C05E74E1140/0/NNAT2HomeReportSample0308.pdf

In this example...the fictional kid's score is 117. Where you see the 117 in the yellow box is where you would find your child's score.


(We don't have our scores yet, so someone please correct me if this is not the form they are using this year)
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 22:56     Subject: cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
No - that is not true. At least for NNAT's there is a NNAT score (max 160) AND a percentile score. Pls see the report carefully
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 20:43     Subject: cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Anonymous wrote:We received the test scores (today) and screening pool (2 weeks back). I see the percentile for COGat and NNAT. There is no total such as 130+ or 140+. He is in 99% for NNAT and 96% in Cogat. Any comments


You say there is "no such total as 130+ or 140+". Is that true? What is the highest possible score?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 18:55     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
Anonymous wrote:

BTW i apologize to PP for my snide remarks. didn't know it's the schools that offered the dumb answer.


FWIW, there is evidence that rest and a good breakfast measurably improve test scores.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 17:32     Subject: cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?
We received the test scores (today) and screening pool (2 weeks back). I see the percentile for COGat and NNAT. There is no total such as 130+ or 140+. He is in 99% for NNAT and 96% in Cogat. Any comments
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2011 16:36     Subject: Re:cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year for 1st graders?
Anonymous wrote:my son is in 1st grade and his NNATII score is 121 which is 90% . can he make into GT pool for next year?.


If his CogAT score or one of the subscores is 130 or above, your son is likely to make it into the 2nd grade pool next year. He will not make it into the pool based on the NNAT2 score of 121.