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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a prospective AAP parent, a couple things seem to pop out at me from this thread:

1. 130 NNAT + 140 COGAT and you should be in

2. however we're not accounting for age-grading - a late September kid's score is different from a January birthday, or even a redshirted kid - so age graded percentiles should be a better indicator

3. GBRS is some bullshit that is based on your kids' teacher - how much they like to write on the reports, etc. - and your SES.  Let's face it, richer families have more money and time to donate to the schools.  Don't you think the teacher will know more about your little Suzy if you're in the cadre of families that always provides the holiday snack treats, or volunteers in the class, or replenishes the gluestick stockpile?  Unfortunate fact of life that's exacerbated by seeming over reliance on the GBRS.[/quote]

I don't know.  My DD is one who got a 16 GBRS, and I've been a huge slacker parent this year on school stuff.  I work full time, and do lots of outside-of-school volunteering.  But I've yet to sign up to read to the class, have not set foot in the classroom for any kind of party, didn't go on any field trips, and we have monetary limits on gifts to teachers (holiday/birthday, etc.), so I just donated the suggested amount to a group gift.  This is the first year I've taken a break from school volunteering, but we have a relatively new principal, new in the past two years AART, and it is our first encounter with my DD's teacher.  So if I have a reputation...it's not a positive one![/quote]

I am another slacker parent with a child who got a 16 GBRS.  I never volunteered, never did the fundraisers, never gave gifts (except class fund donation), never sent in stuff, didn't show up to after school activities, and ignored my kids homework.  My child earned his 16 GBRS without any help from me.[/quote]

Ok, you know that and now DCUM knows that. That's just swell. It's not universal. But the GBRS appears more art than science, some schools provide high GBRS out like candy, others not so much.[/quote]

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