Reply to AAP Results 2023

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "AAP Results 2023"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
What is a good GBRS score? Below are my DC creds.

2nd grade
NNAT - 133 (98th percentile)
COGAT- Composit 132(98th percentile), Non verbal 123, Quant 138, Verbal 119
GBRS - 4 FO
For Areas of strength - Math AND Reading marked Y, currently level 2 AAP
The teacher left very positive comments throughout the GBRS, with no behavioral issues
Iready - 86+ percentile for reading and Math
School - Westgate
Results - Not in.

Any feedback is appreciated. Are these mediocre stats? not good enough for AAP level 4?

DC is bummed

I've never commented on this forum before but am doing so now because your child's scores are very similar to my child (NNAT 132, COGAT 134, GBRS 4FOs) a few years ago when we were trying to decide whether to appeal. We were very on the fence about it, didn't think the chances were very good based on the info in this forum, and did not get a positive impression from the AART on our appeal prospects. We decided to try the appeal anyways (with a detailed parent referral letter and work samples, and no WISC), and my child got in on appeal. When we got in on appeal, I was worried my child may not be able to keep up since she "barely" got in, but has been doing really well in the program for three years. I highly recommend you appeal because you never know unless you try.
[/quote]

Thanks, this was very helpful and left me optimistic. Any tips on the parent letter?
If 
[/quote]

My advice for the parent letter: use the GBRS categories as your guide and give specific examples of the ways your child has demonstrated those four categories, using the same language they use in those scales.  If you can, tie in the additional work samples you submit into the letter.  Don't say your child is bored in school and don't blame the teacher for the lower GBRS scores, but if you can explain why your child didn't demonstrate these traits in this year's class as much as she does at home or in other contexts (such as outside activities), that might help.  Explain how and why your child needs AAP to thrive and succeed.  I think the work samples we submitted were also an important part of the appeal.  The year we appealed was a COVID year, so my child had several samples from online classes in creative and poetry writing and advanced math puzzles that we had signed her up for to pass the time.  For each work sample, I included a short description of how the sample demonstrated one or more of the GBRS categories as a caption to the work sample. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics