Would a GBRS of 16 automatically mean the kid will be AAP?

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, some parents start angling for a good GBRS at the second grade first semester conference (asking for a "sense" of what the GBRS may be. And whether the teacher has considered X and Y, and if one categorAnd I do believe that some of these parents are nutty enough to try to "appeal" a low GBRS with the administration and to argue with the teacher for a revision. The rumor in our school is that scores for kids parent referring for AAP placement or in pool do not go below a 14, and over 6 years or so I have had maybe a dozen parents tell me their child was a 15 or 16. Not all of these kids ended up getting in (but a lot do our school has a very high AAP admittance rate). Maybe 2 or 3 of 12 missed it.

Maybe the parents are inflating the scores. But I suspect the teachers are giving kids the benefit of the doubt (to put it nicely). I also suspect that the screening committee just knows to take an extra hard look at the GBRS commentary from our school, to make sure the commentary lines up with the numbers. And probably looks to see whether the GBRS makes sense in the context of the test scores, rather than rubber stamping admission at a certain GBRS. But that's the definition of holistic review anyway.

And i do think so parents are so competitive that it just does not "click" with them that a high number isn't enough. You need some substance to back it up.

Welcome to Western Fairfax County!

Since the GBRS isn't released until the file leaves the school, tell me you don't believe this ridiculousness. Also, stop believing rumors...

I smack dab in the center of TJ crazy central. Some of the parents at our school are insanely competitive when it comes to academics, so I'll believe a lot. Doesn't make a lot of sense to have a parent doing a 4th graders science project either, but it happens. YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:At our school, some parents start angling for a good GBRS at the second grade first semester conference (asking for a "sense" of what the GBRS may be. And whether the teacher has considered X and Y, and if one categorAnd I do believe that some of these parents are nutty enough to try to "appeal" a low GBRS with the administration and to argue with the teacher for a revision. The rumor in our school is that scores for kids parent referring for AAP placement or in pool do not go below a 14, and over 6 years or so I have had maybe a dozen parents tell me their child was a 15 or 16. Not all of these kids ended up getting in (but a lot do our school has a very high AAP admittance rate). Maybe 2 or 3 of 12 missed it.

Maybe the parents are inflating the scores. But I suspect the teachers are giving kids the benefit of the doubt (to put it nicely). I also suspect that the screening committee just knows to take an extra hard look at the GBRS commentary from our school, to make sure the commentary lines up with the numbers. And probably looks to see whether the GBRS makes sense in the context of the test scores, rather than rubber stamping admission at a certain GBRS. But that's the definition of holistic review anyway.

And i do think so parents are so competitive that it just does not "click" with them that a high number isn't enough. You need some substance to back it up.

Welcome to Western Fairfax County!

There is only one conference a year. When else are parents going to ask whether their child might be referred. I don't contact my child's teacher unless there is an issue. The referral is only a couple of months off from the conference.