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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your post made me sad.  That is undoubtedly what other parents said about my child last year.  You know what?  She is a completely different child at the AAP center.  Her test scores tell us she is bright, people who meet us constantly tell us she is bright, yet the school didn't see it.  She got good grades (mostly O's) but they had her in all middle groups.  No one pushed her, so she did exactly what they expected but no more.  Now she's being pushed and she is blossoming.  You don't really know what's under the surface of those average-seeming children.  Your volunteering in class (and undoubtedly sizing other children up against your own) doesn't make you an expert on other children's intelligence.[/quote]

Agree 100%.  Same deal with my ds.  Did not get placed in 2nd grade, even with test scores well over the 130 criteria.  Teacher last year did not push him at all, despite my very best efforts to make her understand he would coast if not challenged.  A low GBRS kept him out (9).  This year, with an awesome teacher who really has recognized his abilities, we parent referred, without paying for further testing.  Got in first round.  We have decided for next year to keep him at his current school for local level IV.

Last year, when he was not being challenged, and was BORED in school, he would constantly be acting silly when his classwork took him no time to complete.  I am quite certain there would be days when a volunteer in class would not be overly impressed with his "giftedness" if it were measured by simple observation.

Incidentally, this year (in a regular class group with an AAP classroom teacher who challenges him), we have not had a single behavior issue.[/quote]

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