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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still seems like 2500 kids in pool is way too many-I had heard usual number of kids in pool is about 1200 and that of those, 2/3rds are accepted. Will they be forced to take more in AAP classes this year or will most of the pool kids get weeded out by GRBS? Also, seems like there shouldn't be much room for parent referred kids if the pool is so large.[/quote]

As has been rehashed here repeatedly, a high test score is only one indicator of a gifted child (and a poor indicator, if the child has been coached). Unless you have a spectacularly biased teacher/committee, GBRS seems like a very fair weed-out process for all children, whether in pool or referred.[/quote]

I don't see how a GBRS is a very fair weed out process.  Is there even any training for the teachers on how to score a GBRS?  What's considered a 1 by one teacher may be a 4 by another.  A teacher who is 22 and brand new may rate a child quite differently than a teacher who has been teaching for 30 years.  A teacher who has a classroom of 22 kids may know one outgoing child a heck of a lot better than a teacher of a shy child in a class or 30.  Seriously, I think GBRS can be a pretty faulty indicator as well.  [/quote]

Sure, it can be. We've had that 22-year-old newbie in the past, and if she were assigned to write up my DC's GBRS on her own, you can bet I'd take a look at it and appeal if necessary. The school would likely be forced to bring in my DC's previous teachers to weigh in on a second GBRS.

However, I would be very surprised if they did not bring in a child's past teachers to weigh in for the first go-round, particularly if the classroom teacher were inexperienced. From what I understand, the GBRS is filled out by a (small) committee and is not just the work of an individual teacher.

I am surprised at the general lack of faith in FCPS teachers on this and other AAP threads. Is a teacher--despite the focus of her training and her familiarity with the county's requirements for AAP--automatically wrong when she doesn't agree with the parent? Again, you can always appeal if you think the ratings process was unfair.

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