Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?

[Anonymous]

NNAT results were so late in getting back, it clearly delayed GT coordinators in their assessments. Has anyone received notifications of decision yet?

[Anonymous]

Yes. I talked to a parent who was notified in the past week or so. But the child is a first grader, so wouldn’t have taken the NNAT.

[Anonymous]

Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.

[Anonymous]

My 2nd grader’s teacher told me over a month ago that she was identified, but I still haven’t received official notification from the school.

[Anonymous]

It doesn’t even matter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter

+1

But, yes, we did get a letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter

It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter

It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.

IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter

It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.

IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.

That is the case for your child, but not for all children. Some who qualify and would benefit are not identified until NNAT testing for a variety of reasons ranging from prior teachers not noticing their abilities to learning disabilities that interfere with their ability to express their abilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter

It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.

IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.

Your experience isn’t universal. For those kids who are identified (most in 2nd grade), the GT identification guarantees that they will be grouped with at least 4 other kids and receiving enrichment, whether they were before that or not.

[Anonymous]

Question - when you say that most are identified in 2nd grade, do you mean at the end of First with enrichment to begin in second, or at the end of second, with enrichment to begin in third?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question - when you say that most are identified in 2nd grade, do you mean at the end of First with enrichment to begin in second, or at the end of second, with enrichment to begin in third?

The latter. Schools don’t go out of their way to identify in K or 1st unless the parent self refers or a teacher notices something glaringly obvious. Standard GT review is kicked off with the NNAT in 2nd so it’s by 3rd grade that you start to see real clusters of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.

It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.

It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.

DP. We all knew what pp meant, there's no need to be so pedantic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.

It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.

DP. We all knew what pp meant, there's no need to be so pedantic.

I don’t think that pp was necessarily being pedantic. APS does not disseminate much information about what GT services will look like. You can find details on the APSVA website, but not every parent has done that by the time her child is identified.