GT/AAP Appeals
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Anonymous
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Different poster here. I agree with 10:03. To 8:09 -- DON'T TELL!
If tell: zero upside, lots of downside. |
Anonymous
| 10:03 here. I was responding to a poster whose child seems to have lost the support of the teacher. I didn't mean that everyone should avoid telling their teachers about the appeal. In my case, I saw no reason to tell the teacher, but did shoot the AART a courtesy copy of the appeal papers (mostly so that the school would know about my DC's improved scores, and could consider the new scores in the event that the appeal is denied but there are spots left over in the Local Level IV classroom). Those extra spots are filled by the AART and principal and, at least at our school, we've been told that extra spots go to those non-eligible students who had the highest test scores. Something to think about, for those who have Local Level IV at their base schools. |
Anonymous
| Yes 12:38, I think it's a good idea. Should i contact the AART or the principal? |
Anonymous
| if our base school is not AAP center,, what should we do to use these extra spots? |
Anonymous
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AAP centers do not have extra slots...Schools will 15 kids in LLIV with have to balance the teaching load, usually by including non-AAP children into the class. The selection is upto the school.
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Anonymous
| That is correct. AAP center classrooms are filled solely with center-eligible students. Base schools that have a Local Level IV classroom(s) are generally filled with a combination of center-eligible students and other high-acheivers who are not center-eligible. My understanding is that you might get a call just a few days before school starts in September that your non-eligible child has been chosen for a slot in the Local Level IV class. |
Anonymous
Your DC is in. My DC appealed last year with GBRS 7 with one of the sub score (don't remember which one) 147 but full scale was much lower due to WM and PS score. The teachers at GE said that my DC would not do well in center due to her shyness. They were wrong-she is thriving and loves the school. |
Anonymous
Then GT has become a complete joke if people with GBRS's of 7 are getting in. DC tells me the class is half-full of kids like this who contribute little, but apparently got a high score on some test somewhere long the line. (Probably after the parent paid $450 for a private WISC test.) 
Also, define "thriving" because you've used it like about 100 times. |
Anonymous
| Well if your DC says it, then it must be true. Let's put your little darling on the appeals committee, I'm sure your genius can do no wrong, and could in fact teach the educational experts a thing or two about how to weight the WISC vs. the GBRS. |
Anonymous
| 15:36 I have one ds who is in a GT program right now and there are a couple of very shy kids who I have seen blossom in this program. I believe that the child with a 151 should be let into the program. To be labeled gifted you need to be in the top 2 percent,this child scored in the top 1 percent. Maybe we should wonder about the teacher who gave the 7 instead. |
Anonymous
| Really surprise, that at such an young age your genius child can figure out who contribute little and who contributes more.Funny...How could you guess that with high wisc all the parents paid high price. |
Anonymous
DC is far from genuius, but gets all O's in GT; how hard is it really? Half the kids in there belong, but the other half were jammed in by ambitious parents who paid the $450 and appealed. Many are average at best, and some not even that. It has been a ddisappointing experience this year. |
Anonymous
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I can assure you that you do not buy a wisc score. What you are buying is someone's time...2-4 hours of a professional who will administer and score the test. The outcome will be what it will be. Not every kid who takes the WISC scores high.
I suspect you are not in a position to judge who belongs and who does not. |
Anonymous
| 16:52 It sounds like you should switch to private school, so your child can avoid the Great Unwashed masses. |
Anonymous
| 16:52 Just curious if you are that dissapointed what are you going to do for the next four years? It is my understanding that the children all stay together. |