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Agree.  I see so many  parents pointing out DRA and other reading scores.  There is no correlation between reading level and giftedness.  [/quote]

I agree with you... but then why is the reading level in the packet? It doesn’t seem to matter.[/quote]
I don't think DRA helps a child get in, but a low DRA is a red flag for the committee unless there's an IEP or LD to explain it.  The principal at the AAP open house last year urged parents not to send their kids to the center unless the kid was above grade level in reading.  [/quote]

I agree. Also there may be some instances where a low DRA illustrates why some test subsections vary vastly from others or something. But I don’t think a high DRA weighs in favor of getting in the way a high CoGat or WISC would.[/quote]

I think she gets easily distracted by other kids in the class environment. If she focuses she does much better job. When she is playing with straight 4 students on the report card, I can see the difference easily. She grasps the information much faster. The problem is focusing. I don’t think that she is challenged enough or she may need some more motivation. The piano teacher says that she has exceptional memory. She is creative too but unfortunately she was not emotionally connected with the teacher so I think the teacher does not see her potential. Her Q is almost 130 and I know she can do much better if she can focus. The gen- ed will not challenge her enough to push her boundaries or show her real potential. The GBRC is extremely low which I was not expecting as the teacher has never told us she is bad. How much does GBRC weigh in AAP decision. Also would you suggest GMU or private for WISC? Any pros cons? I see that GMU only does level 5. Should we get level 4 or 5 in WISC test?[/quote]

Are you the same poster from another thread? As was explained there - you don’t have choice of “level” of WISC. The current WISC test is in its 5th version/edition. It is the WISC-V. Nothing to do with levels, relates in no way to AAP levels. GMU does WISC-V because that is the current version of the test. If you are going to pay to do a WISC I would do the WISC-V at GMU.  Also, low GRBS does nit mean “bad”.[/quote]

Thanks. Yeah, it makes sense to take the current version then. Regarding GBRC, my point was in fact there is no consistency between the grade and the comments. Comments are saying he does that frequently but grade is “occasionally “[/quote]

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