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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP:  The idea of the GBRS is that the teachers and schools should know what to look for.  How the child approaches the problem is as important as the answer at this age.  Creativity is hard to measure, but critical for the AAP.

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Personally, I would not have a problem with the GBRS if teachers were good identifiers of giftedness.  Did you know that teachers only identify giftedness about 20% of the time?  Parents recognize it about 90% of the time.  Perhaps the parents should be completing the GBRS and the county taking more stock in that assessment?

My DD scored a 146 on the NNAT and we have had her WISC-IV performed.  She is considered intellectually gifted per the psychologist.  However, her teachers (AART included) initially tried to tell me that she was not gifted before testing was performed.  School finally agreed she was gfted after testing was conducted, but not performing.  Turns out my DD was so turned off by FCPS this past year that she was completely shutting down.  She was BORED in general ed. despite teacher telling me DD was not bored.  If her teachers were to complete the GBRS, I am confident she would not have scored high. Mid year we moved my DD to private gifted school.  We have a completely different child and it was the best decision that we ever made - even an FCPS teacher saw an amazing difference.   My DD needed an accelerated program, but had we left her to FCPS she might have missed out on the AAP program because of the GBRS aspect.[/quote]

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