What are parents including in the work samples submitted?

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[Post New]04/24/2018 18:34
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Anonymous
My DC did like to write Poems, original stories, created comic strips, showed creative way of solving an equation using an algebriac expression. From what I can see they are looking for creativity which parallels with GBRS charecteristics. DC also had excellent writing samples from school.

if you have any awards from school like Great writer award/ Teachers choice awards/ recommendations outside of school from Music teacher etc also helps
[Post New]04/30/2018 03:11
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Sangeet4u
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Hi, can some one please help me understand this whole AAP process. I have made an appointment with the teacher but they reefer me to the school website which has so much information that is driving me crazy. I don not know how and where to start? My daughter is in 2nd grade and she took the test in 10/2017 and scored 117. Is it a good score? She did not get in or even got a recommendation for the pool. They said we can apeal it but there was a lot going on at that time and we just couldnt. Can we do something about this now? Can someone post a sample of portfolio of their kids who had done an appeal? I think my daughter is very smart but she was under a lot of stress when she took the exam. She did really good in nonverbal (91%), in quantative (77%) and verbal (83%). I really want her to be able to get accepted for the 3rd grade and i know that she can do it if we work on her a little. Can anyone guide us how can we assist her? Please help. We are very new to this education system. I know that my daughter has a lot of potential but she needs to be guided. Thank you in advance.
[Post New]04/30/2018 03:22
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Sangeet4u wrote:Hi, can some one please help me understand this whole AAP process. I have made an appointment with the teacher but they reefer me to the school website which has so much information that is driving me crazy. I don not know how and where to start? My daughter is in 2nd grade and she took the test in 10/2017 and scored 117. Is it a good score? She did not get in or even got a recommendation for the pool. They said we can apeal it but there was a lot going on at that time and we just couldnt. Can we do something about this now? Can someone post a sample of portfolio of their kids who had done an appeal? I think my daughter is very smart but she was under a lot of stress when she took the exam. She did really good in nonverbal (91%), in quantative (77%) and verbal (83%). I really want her to be able to get accepted for the 3rd grade and i know that she can do it if we work on her a little. Can anyone guide us how can we assist her? Please help. We are very new to this education system. I know that my daughter has a lot of potential but she needs to be guided. Thank you in advance.


AAP admission is dependent on many criteria
1. Cogat/NNAT above 132 (cut-off)
2. GBRS 12+
3. optionally IQ test like WISC results.

Due to low Cogat score your DC did not make it to in-pool referral (cut-off 132) , i.e. school refers your DC.You could have parent refer, had you submit the application by Jan 12th 2018. If you got rejection letter then you have time to appeal before May 11th or so.
In this case only alternative open for your DC is to take a WISC (take it at GMU) and hope to get 130+ score. you can appeal using that score plus work samples.

In addition factor that will decide your DC admittance to AAP is GBRS score.

Do you know what is your DC NNAT and GBRS score?


[Post New]04/30/2018 04:44
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Sangeet4u
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I believe she took the NNAT in 1st grade and her score was 127. I dont know what GBRS is. Can you explain?
[Post New]04/30/2018 06:08
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Anonymous
Sangeet4u wrote:I believe she took the NNAT in 1st grade and her score was 127. I dont know what GBRS is. Can you explain?


I am assuming here you parent refer? if your DC AART resource would have prepared a file and send to AAP for review. It will have GBRS (gifted Behavior Rated Scale).
[Post New]04/30/2018 06:55
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Sangeet4u
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Anonymous wrote:
Sangeet4u wrote:I believe she took the NNAT in 1st grade and her score was 127. I dont know what GBRS is. Can you explain?


I am assuming here you parent refer? if your DC AART resource would have prepared a file and send to AAP for review. It will have GBRS (gifted Behavior Rated Scale).


So does she still have chance to get in 3rd grade? And also what kind of work she has to show for the parent referal? Thanks
[Post New]04/30/2018 07:12
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Anonymous wrote:Really it varies. I have seen essays on ancient diseases, poems, comics, photos of kid made creations with commentary...anything that shows the 4 qualities listed on the GBRS.


Do these need to be graded by a teacher? Or can they be things kids do at home by themselves?
[Post New]04/30/2018 07:19
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Anonymous
You can parent refer in 3rd grade, but I would make sure she has better test scores. She can re-take the CogAT through your school, or you can do it at GMU. You could also get a WISC.

The work samples won't matter very much. The school will submit a couple samples completed at school, and then you can submit whatever you want from home.
[Post New]04/30/2018 08:23
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Anonymous
OP, did you submit a parent referral packet back in January? If not, too late for this year.
[Post New]04/30/2018 09:42
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Anonymous
Submitted two samples with Parent referral. The School submitted an additional 2 samples. GBRS was 14.
[Post New]04/30/2018 10:09
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Anonymous
Okay. Then don’t worry about samples at this time. You need to get your kid in for a WISC asap and appeal with that by May 11. No sample is going to overcome that CogAT score, which is quite low by AAP standards.
[Post New]04/24/2019 21:35
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Anonymous
So what is considered a good WISC rating/score?
[Post New]04/24/2019 22:37
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Anonymous
Four “consistently” ratings but even then some kids got rejected.
[Post New]04/25/2019 05:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:So what is considered a good WISC rating/score?


You revived a year old thread on work samples to ask about good wisc scores?
[Post New]04/25/2019 09:38
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So what is considered a good WISC rating/score?


You revived a year old thread on work samples to ask about good wisc scores?


Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
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