Hello. My child just finished third grade. In our school district, there is no gifted program but there is a class for children that need to be pushed at a faster rate. They have changed their admission policies this year to base ELA acceptance solely on CogAT verbal, CogAT nonverbal, and MAP percentiles. For CogAT, they use the grade percentile now, NOT the age percentile. My child is younger in the grade. Her CogAT age percentile for verbal would have allowed her acceptance, but her CogAT grade percentile for verbal, which was two percentile points lower, is holding her back from the program.
Does anyone have any experience or insight as to age versus grade percentiles? Everything I have read has stated that kids younger in the grade will likely have a higher age percentile than great percentile and kids older in the grade will likely have a higher grade percentile than eight percentile. That hardly seems fair.
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
