GT/AAP Appeals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of the technical reports indicate that the VCI (and to a lesser extent PRI) standing alone can justify gifted placement (without reference to FSIQ) if either marker is 130 or higher. The wild card in Fairfax is still the GBRS.

Seems to me except for maybe 1 or 2 cases, most are appealing due to mediocre GBRS despite of good NNAT and CogAT scores.
I thought one of the main purpose of WISC is to overturn GBRS.
Hence 90%+ appeal success with WISC submission.

[Anonymous]

On top of that, your child's FSIQ qualifies him/her for the Davidson Young Scholar Program for the profoundly gifted. Check it out, and enjoy the ride.

[Anonymous]

13:25 was meant for 13:17, whose DC has a FSIQ of 145.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Respectfully disagree regarding 3 and 13. Look at their respective GBRS scores.

Well the kid got rejected in the first round with GBRS 12 which is not bad.
That means test scores(NNAT/CogAt) were not so great.
The WISC is not good enough to override initial decision IMO.
3 at lease clearly shows giftedness in visual learning area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On top of that, your child's FSIQ qualifies him/her for the Davidson Young Scholar Program for the profoundly gifted. Check it out, and enjoy the ride.

Interesting information on the website of the 'Davidson Young Scholar Program for the profoundly gifted' on qualification.
http://www.davidsongifted.org/youngscholars/Article/Davidson_Young_Scholars___Qualification_Criteria_384.aspx

Minimum Score Guidelines for WISC-IV: Standard score 145+ (99.9th percentile) on at least one of the following sections: Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, General Ability Index (GAI), or Full Scale

My DC actually meets two of them on Minimum Score Guidelines.

Anyways those four are probably what the selection committee pay attention to.

[Anonymous]

Thanks 12:31 for compiling.
At the end of the day, wecan recompile with the newly added ones. hopefully, this will help 2012 appeal parents!
Our data
VCI 150 PRI 129 GAI 148 FSIQ 142 GBRS 8

[Anonymous]

I have also pondered if any appeal decisions depend on space left in the AAP program and how many appeals come for each AAP center. Maybe less appeals are accepted based on the location???? or maybe it doesn't matter about numbers??

[Anonymous]

What do u think of VCI 148, PRI 145, WMI 141, PSI 126. NNAT 135 COGAT 120 FSIQ 151. GBRS 7. I haven't seen any low GBRS like my dd on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have also pondered if any appeal decisions depend on space left in the AAP program and how many appeals come for each AAP center. Maybe less appeals are accepted based on the location???? or maybe it doesn't matter about numbers??

They say it's not space limited. Your kid is not competing with peers for a seat.
If the kid is gifted, he/she should be selected and serviced. At least that's what they say and it should apply to appeals as well I think.

[Anonymous]

I also think GBRS might be a relative measure depending on the centre a school might belong to. For eg., some of the base schools have mostly smart kids. In that case, their GBRS might be low as compared to other kids in their school, even if the kid by him/herself is a smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do u think of VCI 148, PRI 145, WMI 141, PSI 126. NNAT 135 COGAT 120 FSIQ 151. GBRS 7. I haven't seen any low GBRS like my dd on this thread.

IMO Your kid should get in no matter what the teacher says on GBRS. Never seen better WISC score.
Your kid meets at least three if not all (not sure about GAI) of the minimum on 'Profoundly Gifted' qualification by Davidson.
Wonder why didn't' get better scores on NNAT and CogAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks 12:31 for compiling.
At the end of the day, wecan recompile with the newly added ones. hopefully, this will help 2012 appeal parents!
Our data
VCI 150 PRI 129 GAI 148 FSIQ 142 GBRS 8

and after we receive the decisions let us update it again so we know what scores make in...

[Anonymous]

14.12 Thank you so much for your good thoughts!! I wish all the appealers best of luck. She doesn't do well in group testing.

[Anonymous]

How one can calculate GUI score?

[Anonymous]

Sorry It's GAI score.