Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:29     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.


Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.


This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.


We didn't know about the APP programme until after the test. We came to US 2 years ago from South America. A friend told me to go on this site for information and FAQs. I don't know what GBRS is and I didn't know that our child had to prepare for that. We know our child is very intelligent, learned English fast and very good playing music instruments and chess.


I would appeal and make it clear that your child just learned English over the last couple of years and that English is HER second language, not just that her parents speak a different language. Include the info about chess and musical instruments also. Her scores are really high, especially if no prepping was involved. Also, you don't have to prep for GBRS, that's a score the teacher gives, the prepping reference was regarding the tests.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:29     Subject: Re:AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Some of these parent referrals with lowish NNAT/FxAT scores and stellar WISC full scale IQ's are telling me that the standardized tests used by Fairfax are not so hot at picking out the kids who kick butt on the gold standard of IQ testing (WISC). It means a lot of kids who just missed the pool are SOL (and I'm not talking about George Bush's educational initiative) simply because there parents don't know about or can't afford to pay for a privately-administered WISC.


But you just told them. The thread should be re-named the "AAP Eligible letter received or Invitation to Tout the WISC" thread.


And you would rather that the smart cookie kids of uninformed parents miss out on AAP (just so your kid has company in Gen. Ed.) Get real, if one parent reads this thread and decides to spring for a WISC to help their kid get into a program that the kid really deserves to be in, then I am very happy. You can snivel and whine all you want because some kid (other than yours) got it.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:28     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.


Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.


This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.


I know it's been alleged that TJ rejects for apparent prepping, but now the AAP committee?


And yes they should!


My guess is that they do not reject based on the suspicion of prepping, but they ignore the information that may have been prepped.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:27     Subject: Re:AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:No drama opening the letter, because I could see the edge of the blue form through the address window (and knew this meant acceptance):

NNAT 126
FxAT overall 89 (verbal 99; quant 73, nonverbal 73)
GBRS 12

Parent referred (not in pool) with WISC Full Scale of 137 (with VCI of 146).

Good luck everyone.


This demonstrates the power of the WISC. Of course, only 1 in 1000 kids will score a 146 on a subtest, and VCI is the one that the committee weighs most heavily. Very insightful post, actually.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:26     Subject: Re:AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:Some of these parent referrals with lowish NNAT/FxAT scores and stellar WISC full scale IQ's are telling me that the standardized tests used by Fairfax are not so hot at picking out the kids who kick butt on the gold standard of IQ testing (WISC). It means a lot of kids who just missed the pool are SOL (and I'm not talking about George Bush's educational initiative) simply because there parents don't know about or can't afford to pay for a privately-administered WISC.


The issue might be age adjustment...I am not sure what the difference in score for a Sept 2006 vs Oct 2005 birthday would be.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:25     Subject: Re:AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:Some of these parent referrals with lowish NNAT/FxAT scores and stellar WISC full scale IQ's are telling me that the standardized tests used by Fairfax are not so hot at picking out the kids who kick butt on the gold standard of IQ testing (WISC). It means a lot of kids who just missed the pool are SOL (and I'm not talking about George Bush's educational initiative) simply because there parents don't know about or can't afford to pay for a privately-administered WISC.


But you just told them. The thread should be re-named the "AAP Eligible letter received or Invitation to Tout the WISC" thread.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:25     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
eligible
nnat 158
fat 81
gbrs 12
all 4's
submitted wisc 139
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:24     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
NNAT was around 138. 99%fxat. yellow letter. accepted.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:23     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.


Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.


This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.


I know it's been alleged that TJ rejects for apparent prepping, but now the AAP committee?


And yes they should!
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:22     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:Does letter indicate level 3 services


And yes they should!
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:22     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?


Asshat.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:21     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?


No, why would you think I'm a troll? My paper this year was blue. Two years ago when my other child was accepted it was blue as well. Buzz off.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:21     Subject: Re:AAP Eligible letter received
Some of these parent referrals with lowish NNAT/FxAT scores and stellar WISC full scale IQ's are telling me that the standardized tests used by Fairfax are not so hot at picking out the kids who kick butt on the gold standard of IQ testing (WISC). It means a lot of kids who just missed the pool are SOL (and I'm not talking about George Bush's educational initiative) simply because there parents don't know about or can't afford to pay for a privately-administered WISC.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:18     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:155 NNAT, 99% FAT: DC rejected. Not overly surprised because DC is shy, does not participate in class and report card has 3s and 2s. Also English is not first language.


Insane! Those are such good scores. Do you know the GBRS??? Screening file should have indicated that English was not the first language.


This is what prepping does. Not saying the scores were prepped, but the high scores with lower GBRS indicates prep.


We didn't know about the APP programme until after the test. We came to US 2 years ago from South America. A friend told me to go on this site for information and FAQs. I don't know what GBRS is and I didn't know that our child had to prepare for that. We know our child is very intelligent, learned English fast and very good playing music instruments and chess.
Anonymous
Post 05/01/2013 15:16     Subject: AAP Eligible letter received
Just curious, what color paper came with the acceptance letters, blue or yellow? Both have been reported. Is the one posting blue a troll?