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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My oldest had 16 GBRS.[/b] Her teacher also told me that the DRA allowed only X level when in fact daughter was much more advanced. Daughter was and is very kind. She would always befriend the one that didn't have many friends. Her class included high learners and those with special needs. She was always kind and inclusive to all. Interestingly she is a shy child who prefers books over people. Kids with 16 GBRS are different. We have two other children so I do know what I am talking about. All are in AAP and range from upper ES to MS.[/quote]

With all due respect to your daughter[b][u], [/u][/b]who I'm sure is quite extraordinary, the correct terminology is that  she "was given" a 16 GBRS, not that she has one.   A GBRS isn't like an IQ -- it's a subjective measure arrived at subjectively by a variety of teachers/educators.  It's kind of like grading -- one person's 16 may be a harder grader's 12 and vice versa.

In my experience, a kid who is smart and easy to get along with/teach will typically be given a higher GBRS.    My second child had a 15 GBRS, but was not "gifted" and did fine in GE.    My oldest who is gifted and ultimately was in the GT program had a teacher who didn't believe he was reading the books he said he was and scored him as a 12.

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[b]You could tell from your first paragraph that you had at least one kid who "was given" a GBRS that you believe was too low.  Sour grapes, no?  Oh, and you missed a comma in your glass house.[/quote][/b]

Sour grapes?  How so?  My kid's scores easily got him into AAP so GBRS didn't matter.   And i kept my other child at our base school when most parents today would have used the 15 GBRS as a wedge to get him into AAP.  All these labels and nonsense mean very little to me.

And unless you can find a scientific basis for saying that the GBRS isn't subjective, I stand by what I say -- and my guess is that most AARTs would tell you the same.   I know of at least 4 other very shy kids who were brilliant, but given low GBRS's because their gifts were harder for teachers to see.   Some members of FCAG would even like to see the GBRS revised so that it more accurately reflects actual gifted behaviors.  [/quote]

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