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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You won’t receive the GBRS beforehand, but you should still apply.  It doesn’t take much time, and you have nothing to lose.  FWIW, years ago, my kid got 15 and 16 GBRS for K and 1st - we requested the scores - low GBRS and rejected in 2nd, high GBRS and IN in 3rd.  Sometimes, the score is more about the teacher than it is about your child.  [/quote]

This is a good example of how unreliable the GBRS is, though most kids only get one shot at it.   How ridiculous its is that FCPS would place so much weight on such a subjective and unreliable measure which apparently varies so much according to the evaluator.  It would be far more equitable to base AAP eligibility solely on the objective testing...maybe have the kids take a third test to account for a "bad" test day.  Even acknowledging that the goal of FCPS is heavily tilted toward social engineering, they'd be better off with more objective measures and less weight on the GBRS which can have the same child moving from "gifted" to "average" to "gifted" again from year to year. [/quote]

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