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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I'm the one with the child with the large discrepency in the WISC scores.  It looks like we will need to submit the scores because she did not get in (had a perfect score on one section of the Cogat, which gave her a composite of 132 but other scores were lower).  He GBRS must not have been that great.  Apparently, no one else thinks she's as smart as we do.  :(

Actually, she's a little bit of a late bloomer.  Also this is her first year in schools in the US (although we're American, but she's been living overseas).  I think it took her a while to get into the groove.  She has not spent a ton of time around native English speakers the past few years.  I also think her homeroom teacher doesn't like her very much (although her reading and math teachers seems to really like her).
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I'm sorry that she did not get in. :(

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So I guess I request the file from the school to see the GBRS and figure out if that was the problem?  Then file an appeal, right?
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Yes, you should request an appointment with the Advanced Academics Resource Teacher (AART) at your school to review the file that was submitted to the central screening committee.

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ANother question -- she's from a school without Local Level IV.  I wonder if they rank the kids low to try to keep them whereas a school with LL IV would try to convince the kids to say.
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It really varies on school, principal, AART, teacher, etc.  It's very subjective.

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Is it possible to get the stats of the percentage of kids accepted out of the pool from various schools?  Not to use for anything but to satisfy my curiosity.
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I do not know of recent statistics on that, but it is a good question to ask your school's AART, the AAP office at FCPS, or even your School Board member.[/quote]

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