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[quote=Anonymous]My son did not get in - we are probably going to appeal though his test scores are all over the place.  Bottom line is DRA level is 30, GBRS is 11.  Scores were all over the place, but he did get a 134 on verbal comprehension portion of WISC.  Did not do well on CoGAT, however I met today with AAP coordinator and found out that all of CoGAT for second graders is given orally - my son is partially deaf and has difficulty with processing information orally.  School knows this, but she suggested that we appeal and put the information from the doctor/hospital in the file - apparently the school couldn't put this into his file because it is considered confidential information and so we have to do it (didn't realize that) so AAP committee did not have this information.  WISC was already put in so I will put in the information about my son's hearing in on appeal along with his current grades, which were all outstanding.

I would like to reiterate what an earlier poster said about samples school submitted.  I got a copy of what was submitted by the school today and the work submitted for my son was not his best.  Apparently, the 2nd grade teachers at our school were all told to submit the same thing from each child, which wasn't necessarily the best representation for each child.  I'm going to talk to my son's teachers about getting copies of work from his journal, where he excelled.  I can't believe none of that work was submitted even though I specifically asked his teacher, who told me it would be submitted.  Copies don't come home, or else I would have submitted it myself.

Interested in other people's thoughts on appeal.  Is it a lost cause to appeal since my son only did well on one subtest of the WISC and basically was very average on all other test scores?  Any other parents with kids who have disabilities have thoughts/comments on this process for those kids?[/quote]

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