Fairfax County GT/AAP Decisions
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Anonymous
A GT Center is full-time instruction (all day, every school day). Level III is part-time pull-outs with the Advanced Academic Resource Teacher (often once or twice each week). You need to choose which is better for your child. http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/faqs.html Students identified for school-based (level III) services receive direct services from the Advanced Academic Resource Teacher either in a pull-out program or through small-group interaction within the general education classroom. |
Anonymous
| Does the letter say your child IS eligible for Level 3 services or MAY be eligible for Level 3 services? Because when I asked are AART about that she said my child MAY be eligible but it's not guaranteed. Our school's Level 3 SUCKS, by the way. I'd talk to the AART and figure out what exactly they will give your child before you count on that. |
Anonymous
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Need advice...
My DS scored a 132 overall on the Cogat, but only recd a 10 on the GBRS. We had him retested and he recd a 136 on the WISC. Does he have a chance of admittance on appeal? I am worried about the 10 GBRS though the school says that shouldn't keep him out. Should I state my disagreement with the low GBRS in my parent letter or will that just look negative? |
Anonymous
Appeals need to provide NEW information. Focus on the new information and omit any negative references to anything, such as the GBRS. |
Anonymous
I had this problem and focused on the areas of the GBRS form that were lower than I thought. It sounds like you only need 1 or 2 point so keep if brief and provide concrete example. It worked for me with almost exactly the same test scores and GBRS of 7. |
Anonymous
Anyone got the result back after GT appeal? 
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Anonymous
| I don't think the appeal decisions are mailed until late June. |
Anonymous
| My son received a letter, stating his eligibility, from AAP Office on June 18 after the appeal. We provided new information in the appeal, e.g., new WISC score. |
Anonymous
| please explain..what does it mean, if my daughter gets a 197 score in DRA2 when the benchmark is set to 153. Is it really good? whats the highest score in DRA2 ? |
Anonymous
It's good, but lots of kids get that kind of score. The benchmark is just that - a benchmark that they want all children to reach. It would be expected that lots of children would be above the benchmark.
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Anonymous
| What is considered a good GBRS score for a second grader? What is considered exceptional? |
Anonymous
| I think good is 13 or over, but there are a lot of factors in the packet, not just GBRS (personally, I think they weight GBRS too much but that's a hot button issue here). |
Anonymous
| The gt resource person at my child's school said that they gave him a 14 gbrs. Is that out of 20? Is that good? seems a little low... |
Anonymous
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/packet/Fillable_AAP%20GBRS%20with%20Commentary.pdf GBRS is in four categories, with scoring as follows: Behaviors Demonstrated: 1 = rarely 2 = occasionally 3 = frequently 4 = consistently Therefore, top score is 4 * 4 = 16 |
Anonymous
| So is 14 pretty good or do most of the kids that get into this program have a perfect 16? |