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Re: Mailman updates? bianc850a #12280 03/20/08 08:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,917 st pauli girl Member
st pauli girl Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,917	Congratulations Dottie - the scores of your dd and ds both sound amazing and wonderful to me. And I'm so glad your wait is over. Did you tell those people in Iowa you had to wait 30 whole pages!

Re: Mailman updates? st pauli girl #12281 03/20/08 08:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest Kriston Member
Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Was it maybe lucky guessing last year, Dottie? Or unlucky questions this year? On the bright side, his scores went up, not down. That's something, right? Kriston

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12287 03/21/08 04:55 AM
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Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Good points! Slow down, DS, and look for patterns, Mom! Kriston

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12290 03/21/08 06:27 AM
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Mommy2myEm Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 304	Originally Posted by Dottie Well, I'm officially back down on planet earth. We did get the Explore scores and they are NOT what I was hoping for, particularly in math of all things. Go figure! I'll start with DD11, because she really improved quite nicely! She's solidly in the "GT" mean range for 5th grade, with only English a little on the low side. This is truly great for her, and she had excellent growth from last year. Remember too she had extended time. She's pretty solidly above your average 8th grader as well! She's nowhere near DYS levels (not that I expected that). Then there's the boy. He did go up in every category, which of course is nice, but his math went up the least! I was shocked! But here I am sharing the good with the "bad". His math is still quite high, still at the 99th for his age peer GT pals, but only low 90's for his current peers in 5th. I'm impressed anew with Jen's daughter's (higher!) scores!!! DS seems more "well rounded" this year, but he only hit 3/5 benchmarks for the DYS criteria as a 4th grader. Anyway, at least the darn things finally came, and I can move on with my life! I had hoped to end this test on a high (ceiling) note, but now I'll have to reconsider again for next year. Maybe I should induce fevers for all his testing... Dottie, First of all, it's good to have your long wait over!!! The good thing is that your DS improved in each category. Your children are most definitely gifted. Since we didn't get the GT comparison numbers in our packet, can you tell me what those are? For example, what are the GT peers comparisons that you refer to? We only got a comparison to a 8th graders sampling and that to me didn't make much sense. Also, since the test makes a recommendation for classes to take the following year (if I understand correctly), what are those recommendations supposed to be? Does it give you who is at grade level and who should take Algebra, pre-calc etc. the next year? Again, I think those a fantastic scores. Jen

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12295 03/21/08 06:59 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,231 up in my head....... incogneato Member
incogneato Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,231 up in my head.......	But I think that's pretty common. I see my girls progress in terms of spurts. I saw it happen like that with their developmental progress when they were really little. I absolutely see it now when they are advancing intellectually. It seems if they aren't doing much, then, seem to wake up one morning leaps ahead. I can't remember who or when, but I remember seeing a discussion on a thread some time ago, that proposed the idea that sometimes they are actually working on something else when they don't seem to be progressing in their more obvious or strength area. It's good to see DD shoot up like that, too. I'll bet she is so thrilled!!!!!!! Incog

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12299 03/21/08 07:30 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,231 up in my head....... incogneato Member
incogneato Member Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,231 up in my head.......	That makes total sense! I suspect my youngest as the more visual spatial and notice spurts more with her. I always thought it was because DD5 is the more in your face kid and DD8 is more subtle.

Re: Mailman updates? incogneato #12308 03/21/08 10:26 AM
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LMom Member Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 902	Originally Posted by incogneato But I think that's pretty common. I see my girls progress in terms of spurts. I saw it happen like that with their developmental progress when they were really little. I absolutely see it now when they are advancing intellectually. It seems if they aren't doing much, then, seem to wake up one morning leaps ahead. Same here. I think nothing is happening and then all of the sudden, they are learning new things left and right. Now if only it was true for me too LMom

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12671 03/29/08 05:20 AM
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OP crisc Member Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 485 New England	I'm glad the full report was able to give you some more information (and more obsession ) Thanks for reviving my thread. I love anything that helps with distraction. Crisc

Re: Mailman updates? Dottie #12691 03/29/08 12:32 PM
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Ann Member Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 179 painting the dining room	Dottie, what's a CTY or AoPS course?

Re: Mailman updates? Ann #12693 03/29/08 12:47 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,783 West coast, USA Cathy A Member
Cathy A Member Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,783 West coast, USA	Originally Posted by Ann Dottie, what's a CTY or AoPS course? CTY=Center for Talented Youth http://cty.jhu.edu/ AoPS=Art of Problem Solving http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ HTH (=hope this helps) Cathy

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