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FCPS's holistic approach weighs the test scores with Teacher input. I don't see too many people with 4CO and a higher CogAT or WISC not being accepted. I do see high test scores with GBRS's that include Occasionally Observe not being accepted. That seems to be a big part of the trend. I get it, parents are annoyed that their kids are bored and need more of a challenge but don't seem to be able to wrap their heads around the fact that the Teachers are not seeing it that way. They don't see the bored genius, they see the kid distracting others who isn't finishing his work. Is that because they are bored or have ADHD or are just not interested in being in school because they are 7. The report says that FCPS needs something better then the GBRSs but do you really think that a kid who is not completing their work and chatting with their neighbors is going to do well on any Teacher observation/evaluation? Your kids Teachers are going to be involved in the selection process. 
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Why do you assume that a lower GBRS means that the kid isn't completing the work or is chatting with neighbors?  There have been numerous cases here of kids who are above grade level in all subjects, get straight 4s, and still get low GBRS.  I've posted before about my DD who had a K, 1st, and 3rd GBRS of 15s and 16s, but a 2nd GBRS that was low.  My DD was in the top groups and always completed her work, so there were no issues there.  In this case, the teacher was a huge neat freak, so she interpreted my DD's sloppiness as not being motivated to do better rather than as a sign that my DD's fine motor skills were still developing.  My DD also didn't raise her hand very much because a few other kids were bullying her, and she didn't want to do anything to call attention to herself.  She was also afraid of her teacher, since her biggest bully was the teacher's pet.  Why should that teacher's biased opinion be the end all and be all of the program?  Amazingly, the year after apparently not showing any gifted traits, my DD once again became a gifted student by the teacher's metrics.

If they used a more comprehensive gifted behavior rating scale, and if they solicited input from more than just the classroom teacher, my DD certainly would have had a higher rating in 2nd.  I know someone will show up claiming that GBRS is decided upon in a committee, but when the committee includes the classroom teacher and two people who've never interacted with your child, it ends up being the classroom teacher's sole viewpoint.  If every school asked the 2nd grade teacher, the 1st grade teacher, any reading or math specialists with whom your child has worked, or maybe even the music, art, or steam lab teachers for their opinions, a much more accurate rating would result.  [/quote]

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