Any chances getting in GT program with the following scores.

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Anonymous wrote:i think that we need to form a group and write a letter to the AAP appeals office that WISCs of 130+ (maybe 128+) should override all other low scores/GBRS and the kids should be accepted to AAP. How about going to the FCPS main office in one big group to voice the concern?

Some poster on here a few weeks back mentioned going to WaPo. That seems like a better idea.

While I agree how the admission criteria is applied is out of whack, WaPo will not have any sympathy for UMC parents who have the discretionary funds to pay for WISC V testing. They will frame it as a white "first world problem".

But many parents DON'T have discretionary funds for WISC testing and another test and that is the issue. It seems FCPS AAP is actually denying gifted kids, UMC, white or otherwise and only the richest who can afford to do testing twice will benefit. THAT is a story. I'm sure there are racially or economically under represented (clearly not poor but maybe scrapped what they could for GMU testing) people who were denied with WISC of 130+ who said, well we can't afford testing again so we can't appeal and their gifted child (because a WISC over 130 is gifted) is left out in the cold. This is most certainly a story.

Those on free/reduced lunch get testing done for free at GMU....

There are people who are not poor enough to be on free/reduced lunch who still don't have $900+ to spare (testing twice). Maybe they had $450 to spare on educational testing but not $900 (do it again).

Exactly. We are in this boat. We spent $390 for one test but would not be able to do a second one. And we really had to think about spending $390. That’s a lot of money to lose for the month.

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Is there a GT program now?

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Anonymous wrote:i think that we need to form a group and write a letter to the AAP appeals office that WISCs of 130+ (maybe 128+) should override all other low scores/GBRS and the kids should be accepted to AAP. How about going to the FCPS main office in one big group to voice the concern?

Some poster on here a few weeks back mentioned going to WaPo. That seems like a better idea.

While I agree how the admission criteria is applied is out of whack, WaPo will not have any sympathy for UMC parents who have the discretionary funds to pay for WISC V testing. They will frame it as a white "first world problem".

But many parents DON'T have discretionary funds for WISC testing and another test and that is the issue. It seems FCPS AAP is actually denying gifted kids, UMC, white or otherwise and only the richest who can afford to do testing twice will benefit. THAT is a story. I'm sure there are racially or economically under represented (clearly not poor but maybe scrapped what they could for GMU testing) people who were denied with WISC of 130+ who said, well we can't afford testing again so we can't appeal and their gifted child (because a WISC over 130 is gifted) is left out in the cold. This is most certainly a story.

Those on free/reduced lunch get testing done for free at GMU....

There are people who are not poor enough to be on free/reduced lunch who still don't have $900+ to spare (testing twice). Maybe they had $450 to spare on educational testing but not $900 (do it again).

Exactly. We are in this boat. We spent $390 for one test but would not be able to do a second one. And we really had to think about spending $390. That’s a lot of money to lose for the month.

+1 same. That is why this is a WaPo story

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a GT program now?

AAP was created to fulfill VA mandate for gifted education. It also happens to include non-gifted but high achieving students.

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Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I have a WISC 134 GMU score that was rejected so try again. And if there is a WaPo story on that angle, the story isn't that there are parents who use testers who cheat, it's that FPS AAP is only accepting WISC from GMU (which isn't true given my story) but they're not letting people know and they're giving the impression they will accept WISC from everyone and they're not so people are wasting money. That is a story in and of itself. If they only trust GMU they need to say so. That said, your premise is false.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

This is a myth.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I used a private pyschologist (that everyone on here bashes) and got in first round with a WISC 141.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I have a WISC 134 GMU score that was rejected so try again. And if there is a WaPo story on that angle, the story isn't that there are parents who use testers who cheat, it's that FPS AAP is only accepting WISC from GMU (which isn't true given my story) but they're not letting people know and they're giving the impression they will accept WISC from everyone and they're not so people are wasting money. That is a story in and of itself. If they only trust GMU they need to say so. That said, your premise is false.

Ours was done by FCPS (part of IEP) and rejected (134)...

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I have a WISC 134 GMU score that was rejected so try again. And if there is a WaPo story on that angle, the story isn't that there are parents who use testers who cheat, it's that FPS AAP is only accepting WISC from GMU (which isn't true given my story) but they're not letting people know and they're giving the impression they will accept WISC from everyone and they're not so people are wasting money. That is a story in and of itself. If they only trust GMU they need to say so. That said, your premise is false.

Ours was done by FCPS (part of IEP) and rejected (134)...

WOW! That is crazy!

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I used a private pyschologist (that everyone on here bashes) and got in first round with a WISC 141.

Do you mind saying who that was?

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I used a private pyschologist (that everyone on here bashes) and got in first round with a WISC 141.

Do you mind saying who that was?

Dr. Dahlgren. People on here hate her and say FCPS ignore her. My son used her and we submitted a WISC on first round because his scores were not good (and we later found out his GBRS was only 11). He was admitted first round.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone upset about the WISC realizes that they look at who performed it, right? GMU WISCs they accept without question. But there are some psychologists known for inflating scores. If you are using one of these testers, they might look at a 130 or 132 and assume a students was edged up in scores. I think this is your bigger WaPo issue. Parents who use testers who cheat. Does anyone have a 130-132 from GMU that was rejected?

I have a WISC 134 GMU score that was rejected so try again. And if there is a WaPo story on that angle, the story isn't that there are parents who use testers who cheat, it's that FPS AAP is only accepting WISC from GMU (which isn't true given my story) but they're not letting people know and they're giving the impression they will accept WISC from everyone and they're not so people are wasting money. That is a story in and of itself. If they only trust GMU they need to say so. That said, your premise is false.

Ours was done by FCPS (part of IEP) and rejected (134)...

Please tell me you made this up. WT?

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So just here it sounds like 2 posters with 134 WISCs denied - the GMU one and the IEP one. Are these both denials from this year, or in the past? Was GBRS lower, say <12? I have appealed our denial this year with a 134 from GMU so I’m genuinely curious just how likely either decision for my child may be.

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Anonymous wrote:So just here it sounds like 2 posters with 134 WISCs denied - the GMU one and the IEP one. Are these both denials from this year, or in the past? Was GBRS lower, say <12? I have appealed our denial this year with a 134 from GMU so I’m genuinely curious just how likely either decision for my child may be.

I am the GMU 134 denial. It was this year. GBRS is 11. We are appealing.