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[quote=Anonymous]Just wanted to let you all know that my son got in on appeal to GT program after self-referral application was denied.  His overall score on WISC varied, but his verbal was 99th percentile.  His score from the teachers (GBRS? I can't remember exact acronym) was 11.  His WISC was submitted with initial self-referral application.  On appeal, for the new evidence, I submitted additional school work to show his creativity, which was why his 11 score wasn't higher - basically, the second grade teachers were all told to submit the same project work for all the kids, regardless of whether it was the kid's best work, and for my kid, the particular work they were told to submit was definitely not representative of his ability.  Also, he was given an award for scoring third highest in his grade at his school on a comprehensive math test.   I think we are our kids' best advocates and if we only rely on standardized tests at such an early age to determine whether they should be in the AAP program, we may well be selling some of them short.  For the trolls out there, I recommend reading the book "Nurtureshock," particularly the section on GT programs, which states that giving standardized tests to kids earlier than 3rd grade (and perhaps even in elementary schools) does not at all accurately predict which children are most likely to be gifted and talented because at the young ages, many GT kids do not score well on these tests.

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