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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS, now in AAP in grade 4 tested into the pool in both CogAT and NNAT, but did not get in initially due to low GBRS (10).   We appealed with 98% on WISC.  He is doing great in the program.

Do they place more emphasis on the WISC than the pool tests, a true IQ test?  Isn't IQ the real standard in determining if a child is "gifted"?  Seems compared to IQ a gifted level IQ a teacher's subjective evaluation is only noise.[/quote]

Keep in mind it called Advanced Academic Program, not Gifted and Talented any more. I think the committee want to see how the kids perform (motivated, generate good works); not just high test score/high IQ. You can have kids with high IQ, but not being motivated, not producing good work, and probably not good candidates for AAP; being they might need extra push to produce good work even in the program.
I'm not saying the high WISC will not help, but the parents have to make the effort to get WISC and appeal, to make up their kids' "lack of effort".[/quote]

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