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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no dog in this fight as my child got in AAP last year, and I have no idea whether he had a low or high GBRS since I never asked.  However, the problem I see with the GBRS is, in addition to a teacher possibly being subjective among the group she is evaluating, the bigger problem lies with the fact that GBRS is not done consistently across schools.  What one new might think is brilliant, an older, experienced teacher might not.  Furthermore, in some schools, the GBRS is done by the teacher.  In others by the AAP Resource person, and in still others, a combination of several teachers, the principal, and other staff members.  Do these staff people even get any kind of training on how to fill out these forms and what constitutes a gifted behavior for a 7-year old?  Plus there's always the chance of staff members deliberately giving low GBRS scores so the kids stay at the base schol.  I don't think a low GBRS should keep a student out of AAP if he/she has high test scores.[/quote]

I questioned this at my school and no one could give me a straight answer.  The county AAP people told me it is a committee effort but yet someone at my daughter's school said that the AART sat down with the teacher and asked 10 or so questions and then the AART filled out the GBRS based on those answers.  So I totally agree that the system is flawed.  My daughter's teacher is a brand new 2nd grade teacher and she was out for part of the year for medical reasons.  I really don't think she knew my daughter at all.  I asked my daughter if she ever talks to her teacher and my daughter said no that her teacher tells her to just sit down and gives her more worksheets. My child's 1st and K teachers were absolutely shocked that she received such a low GBRS (9) and wanted to help me in the appeal process but they could not.  The child that was rated on the GBRS is not the child we see at home nor the child seen in SACC or other settings.  I was also told that a lot of gifted kids are "quiet gifted" and if they are not causing problems or "showing their gifted behaviors" then they are overlooked and hence the low GBRS.[/quote]

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