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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just came across this forum. We received info from DD's (2nd grader) school that she is not eligible for GT.
She was in the GT screening pool and her scores were 116(NNAT), CogAT (Verbal - 116, Quantitative - 119, Non-verbal - 147, Composite - 133).

I wanted to add something - my child along with some of her classmates were moved to a new class with a more experienced teacher (this is a new FCPS school). After talking with some other parents of kids who were in the GT screening pool in the same class(with great scores), I was able to find out that none of them qualified. Most had a low GBRS. I hadn't put any effort in building a "great" relation with the new classteacher or AART this year so I guess that's what showed in the GBRS score (inferred from a poster's comments earlier). Some of the kids in the previous class who didn't have good scores did qualify for the GT center admission.[/quote]

Great post!  I wonder if the Committee thinks DD has ADD/ADHD since there is a 25+ point spread in the scores--DD has a 32 point difference.  I've read on the internet that this doesn't mean the child has ADD/ADHD, just a "red flag."  Maybe the Committee views it the same way?[/quote]

Well my daughter had similar scores with even more of a spread - 106 verbal and 146 quantitative and she got in.  I did not see the GBRS for her.  (As a side note I do not see anything ADHD about her - never have, never considered it, and would be the furthest thing from my radar about this child.  No one else has ever mentioned it either.  She did have a terrible sneezing cold the day of the verbal so that may explain it).

Regardless, if I was the parent of the child who didn't get in I would definitely do WISC scores.  If the scores are good, it seems like they have a good chance of getting in on appeal.[/quote]

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