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[quote=Anonymous][quote]This was in response to a poster questioning why kids with low scores and high GBRS are accepted. The appeals process is a fair process in most cases. [/quote]

Can we just be clear about these kids with "low scores and high GBRS?"

That's an easy shorthand to use, but by and large, the kids we are talking about do NOT have "low" test scores.  The automatic pool typically cuts off at the 98th-99th percentile.  Most of these "low score" kids are in the ~90th percentile and above.  These are still VERY high test scores in the grand scheme of things.  The difference between 98th and 95th percentile could be just a couple of test questions.  My referral kid was 95th percentile and he got in, and I keep feeling the need to defend him (and the referral process generally) on these boards because there seems to be a perception that referred kids did not "test in" and therefore did not get in on their own merit, but were somehow pushed in via the GBRS b/c the teacher played favorites.  Maybe I'm just being defensive, but I have seen so many of those kinds of comments on this board recently.

So, when someone refers to the "low score and high GBRS" kids, we are NOT talking about kids who tested in the 50th percentile, or even the 75th, who are just coasting into the Center b/c their teachers wrote them a great GBRS.

Considering how many kids were found ineligible, I really do not believe that hordes of unqualified kids with poor test scores are being accepted into the Center on the basis of GBRS alone.  I do believe, however, that there are some qualified kids who are not identified as such during the screening process.  Hopefully the appeal process works fairly to reconsider those kids and admit the ones who should be eligible.  [/quote]

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