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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]gBRS is highly subjective. What if you are in a class where the teacher does not think highly of DD/DS? Any options?[/quote]

Wait a year?  Go for a WISC?  Most FCPS teachers are professional and will surprise you.  And you can appeal.  BTW, the CogAT and NNAT also have biases, particularly for kids with anxiety issues.  And performance on one day does not equal overall performance.  What happens if DC has a cold that day?  In our case, back in 2009-2010, DD had a cold for the NNAT.  The CogAT was blown because of my mistake -- we got a puppy the night before.  (there is only one of us).  DD did not excel on either tests.

We actually talked to the teacher and AART about this.  They were surprised.  But the teacher pointed out that DD got frustrated when she could not clarify sometime on the NNAT, and noticed DD was not focused on the CogAT.

With an NNAT of 123 and a similar CogAT's, we parentally referred.  We also got a WISC score (after the submission deadline, figured for appeal if needed).  That was in the mid 130's.  But, we did not need to appeal.  T[b]he daily observations of the teacher offset the one (or two) bad days[/b].

I will take a measurement that is averaged over two years over to distinct data points any day of the week.

If you read up on the NNAT and CogAT, you will discover they have measurement errors on the order of 15 -20 points.[/quote]

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