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[quote=Anonymous]Posted before, but comes up each year!  Good luck to everyone.

I have three, the youngest is in 6th grade.  The next is in MS and the oldest is in HS now.  I read about people wondering to appeal or not and wondering about GBRS scores.  My advice is to advocate for your child if you think AAP is the right thing for them. GBRS can be total nonsense and relying on it without question may make no sense. Here are the short stories for all three of mine and why I think GBRS is nonsense:

Child 1 - In pool via ALL test scores. Truly an exceptionally smart kid. Had to appeal because he had a GBRS of 9. In on appeal after a 140+ WISC. Blossoming in AAP. 
Child 2 - In pool via ALL test scores (though lower than his brother). Bright kid, but would do fine in either GE or APP. In first round, GBRS 9. Doing fine in AAP. 
Child 3 - Not in pool via test scores. Amazingly average kid. Teacher begged us to refer. In first round, GBRS 16. Doing just fine in GE.

The short answer is to do the right thing for your child. Don't rely on the system, it works most of the time, but is a long way from perfect. I am sure that GBRS can be applied by some teachers fairly and meaningfully, but not all. For Child #1 above, when we asked the teacher about the low GBRS, she said the she was looking for gifted behaviors such as "being able to do 3 and 4 digit addition when I am teaching 2 digit addition". I asked if she knew that Child 1 could MULTIPLY two digit numbers in his head and give her the answer. She said, "Oh yes, he is faster than I am, but that isn't the gifted behavior that they told me to look for".    :shock:  :shock:  :shock: [/quote]

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