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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 119
COGAT 126
Iready 96%
WISC 126
All 4s on report card
HOPE: 3 always, 2 often and the remaining almost always

IN- Keene mill

Oh dang my kid had very similar stats but was rejected at a less competitive school/pyramid. Not going to appeal because I don’t think it’s worth it, he knows the material very well but rushes through tests and was sick when he took the COGAT. Also they just started LLIV last school year at his elementary so not sure how fleshed out it is yet and for various reasons I would absolutely not send him to the center, which is completely out of our pyramid. Guess everyone will just have to deal with him being bored in 3rd grade.

My DD has very similar scores, and didn’t get in, either. Does it mean that DD is not in for local AAP, either?

If by local you mean Levels II or III, it does not mean that. Those selections are made by your child's school, and if your child is chosen for either level for next school year, you'll be notified by the school before the end of this school year.

We were always informed right before the start of new school year, right when kids find out their teacher assignments. In a local level 4 classroom, there can be 10-15 kids who are principal placed in.

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone get comments on their HOPE form? We got no explanation of anything and the work samples submitted were illegible and what I could read was dumb (word + word = other word, for example).

Interesting we had a similar work sample worksheet submitted. Maybe it’s an AAP worksheet. I found it interesting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 119
COGAT 126
Iready 96%
WISC 126
All 4s on report card
HOPE: 3 always, 2 often and the remaining almost always

IN- Keene mill

Oh dang my kid had very similar stats but was rejected at a less competitive school/pyramid. Not going to appeal because I don’t think it’s worth it, he knows the material very well but rushes through tests and was sick when he took the COGAT. Also they just started LLIV last school year at his elementary so not sure how fleshed out it is yet and for various reasons I would absolutely not send him to the center, which is completely out of our pyramid. Guess everyone will just have to deal with him being bored in 3rd grade.

My DD has very similar scores, and didn’t get in, either. Does it mean that DD is not in for local AAP, either?

If by local you mean Levels II or III, it does not mean that. Those selections are made by your child's school, and if your child is chosen for either level for next school year, you'll be notified by the school before the end of this school year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 119
COGAT 126
Iready 96%
WISC 126
All 4s on report card
HOPE: 3 always, 2 often and the remaining almost always

IN- Keene mill

Oh dang my kid had very similar stats but was rejected at a less competitive school/pyramid. Not going to appeal because I don’t think it’s worth it, he knows the material very well but rushes through tests and was sick when he took the COGAT. Also they just started LLIV last school year at his elementary so not sure how fleshed out it is yet and for various reasons I would absolutely not send him to the center, which is completely out of our pyramid. Guess everyone will just have to deal with him being bored in 3rd grade.

My DD has very similar scores, and didn’t get in, either. Does it mean that DD is not in for local AAP, either?

Anonymous wrote:In the rejection letter it said GBRS and no mention of HOPE. so is it GBRS or HOPE this year?

High COGAT, NNAT and all 4's in report card from 2 years, probably low iready but on par with the iready scores of who got in.

Disappointed in the evaluation system!!!

The system is flawed, seems very subjective. My DC who had bad poor GBRS or HOPE scores, got in. DC is 2e which is the reason why I think they got in.

In the rejection letter it said GBRS and no mention of HOPE. so is it GBRS or HOPE this year?

High COGAT, NNAT and all 4's in report card from 2 years, probably low iready but on par with the iready scores of who got in.

Disappointed in the evaluation system!!!

Did anyone get comments on their HOPE form? We got no explanation of anything and the work samples submitted were illegible and what I could read was dumb (word + word = other word, for example).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does not prove that

Have you seen anyone with an iReady below 90% that didn’t have really high test scores. Nope.

My kid had an iReady below 90 for math and 135 CoGAT.

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Anonymous wrote:What is GBRS exactly and what do you mean with recommendation letter??

GBRS was the teacher's ranking on a student submitted with the AAP package. This year it is replaced by HOPE rating. It is 11 factors with rank of Alway to NEVER.

Who is filled the HOPE rating?

Anonymous wrote:What is GBRS exactly and what do you mean with recommendation letter??

GBRS was the teacher's ranking on a student submitted with the AAP package. This year it is replaced by HOPE rating. It is 11 factors with rank of Alway to NEVER.

Anonymous wrote:NNAT 119
COGAT 126
Iready 96%
WISC 126
All 4s on report card
HOPE: 3 always, 2 often and the remaining almost always

IN- Keene mill

Oh dang my kid had very similar stats but was rejected at a less competitive school/pyramid. Not going to appeal because I don’t think it’s worth it, he knows the material very well but rushes through tests and was sick when he took the COGAT. Also they just started LLIV last school year at his elementary so not sure how fleshed out it is yet and for various reasons I would absolutely not send him to the center, which is completely out of our pyramid. Guess everyone will just have to deal with him being bored in 3rd grade.

NNAT 119
COGAT 126
Iready 96%
WISC 126
All 4s on report card
HOPE: 3 always, 2 often and the remaining almost always

IN- Keene mill

I think the switch to HOPE really screwed everything up. I'm not sure what an evaluator would have gotten out of these huge statements that the teacher rated my kid on after knowing my child 2.5 months. It's also unfair that some teachers rated their students in November while others didn't do it until February. The February teachers know those kids a lot better.

I mean seriously, how would she know these things after 2 1/2 months, especially if you have a quiet, introverted child??
Is sensitive to larger or deeper issues of human concern
Is a leader within their group of peers.
Effectively interacts with adults or older students.
Has intense interests.

I don't think that WISC should be the required. First of all AAP is not designed for gifted. Second, it is too much for schools to give WISC to every student

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Anonymous wrote:Nnat 129
Cogat 129
iReady Math 98
iReady Reading 98
Good grade overall since kindergarten if that matters
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This proves that iReady was the weighed the heaviest. Which is ridiculous because before Covid, FCPS was going to stop using iReady and every teacher I talked to said it was not a good indicator of a child’s abilities. What changed?

They had to dumb down the requirements to make it more “inclusive” for DEI. Cogat should weigh most heavily, WISC should really be required.