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To be fair, no one is saying the they should "defer" to the GBRS, only that the GBRS adds value to the process. It is only one part of the application package, along with the test scores, the parent input, and work samples from school and home.

The child spends about six hours a day at school, so it does make sense to look at his/her behavior during those hours when deciding on a classroom placement that fits the child's learning needs. And the people who are there and see the child the most during school hours are the teachers.

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Actually someone was criticized for saying the GBRS in her child's case wasn't  an accurate reflection of her child based on the three tests and her observations.   I am in no way advocating that the GBRS isn't valuable,  I think it is really important, I just don't like the "those" parent label placed on anyone who thinks the GBRS is not a good reflection of their child's abilities.  Classes are full, some teachers are new, some really gifted kids are shy.....There are a lot of variables that could result in a GBRS not being a good measure of a "child's "giftedness" so I think GBRS is very valuable but not in every case an accurate judge of the child's giftedness.[/quote]

I think each part of the package is very valuable but has the possibility of being not accurate in any particular child's case. That is why FCPS doesn't use only one item in the application to determine a good fit for each child.

Looking at test scores, work samples, parent input, and the GBRS allow the committee to see various facets of how the child learns.  Any of the other parts of the application could also give an inaccurate picture of the child's abilities and that is why they don't look at [b]only[/b] test scores, or [b]only[/b] work samples, or [b]only[/b] parent input, or [b]only[/b] teacher input.

If they relied on only one way of looking at the child, they might see a highly inaccurate picture. Looking at the application as a whole fills out the picture and helps to present a closer to accurate picture. Still not perfect, of course, because nothing is, but doing the best they can with the data they can gather.

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