You can find the Cogat Test detail, practise and sample question here: http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/pricing_pretest.html#1 http://www.riverpub.com/products/cogAt/details.html … [Read more...]
Different types of College Early Entrance Programs in US
Direct to College - This group of programs generates Bachelor’s Degrees for students that successfully complete them. They are also aimed at some of the youngest students, allowing them to effectively skip most or all of high school. The three programs in this group are EEP, … [Read more...]
The brief history of Fairfax County Public School’s Policy toward Algebra 1 in 7th Grade
In 2001-02, FCPS required a minimum IAAT percentile score of 98%ile, plus a good score on an exceptionally difficult “Math Seven Assessment” test. That was the first year of a FCPS 3-year extreme anti-acceleration regime. In 2004-05, the pendulum started to swing, the required … [Read more...]
Virginia State Science Olympiad for Grade 3 – 5
Virginia State Science Olympiad http://www.virginiaso.com/ Here's an announcement about an April 1st informational meeting on the new Division A (Elementary School) Science Olympiad program for third through fifth grade students. Dear Parent or Teacher. You are invited to … [Read more...]
CTY SCAT Scores – WISC better
The SCAT isn’t used for much. I think it’s considered rather coachable. I’ve had my children take it, and qualify for those programs, but I wouldn’t assume anyone would put a lot of weight on it other than for CTY. It is a single data point. For GT identification in school, a … [Read more...]