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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems gbrs lower than 10 will overweight great test scores, and a high gbrs can bring low test scores into the program? What tests are for then? If I understand correctly, gbrs is pretty subjective, based on opinion of a teacher, while tests are more uniform and standardized..[/quote]

When you have 4 kids out of 20 get in the AAP from each classroom, it's unlikely that all had in-pool standard scores (i.e. in the 95% nationally, 92% locally). So clearly, the larger proportion of kids in the AAP program are referred through the school, not through scores. That's why the GBRS is so important. (Statistics cited were just from my school, not sure how it works overall. Some years, we send 35-40% of our kids to the center. After they "tightened the rules", a few years ago, we still have at least 25% get in. Clearly, not just the top 5%.

What this does is it includes high achievers, regardless of their scores. The kid who did do the optional project, was enthusiastic in the classroom, seemed to learn easily and get the other kids to follow (might call them "popular") will get in based on GBRS. Certainly, it does leave room for some abuse and preferential treatment, but I guess no system is perfect...[/quote]

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