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[quote=Anonymous]Hoping for some advice.  Am in the process of appealing the ineligibility for next school year for my second grader.  I requested the file, and am 100% certain that his GBRS of 9 in addition to their submisson of what would call the worst example I have ever seen of his work were his reason for not being found eligible.  I am not certain what kind of cutoff there is for the GBRS, but I would see a 9 as being unexceptional.  I strongly disagree with her assessment.  The one area she gave a 3, was motivation, and quite frankly that is what I would consider his weakest area.

His Naglieri score was only 121, 90%

His Scores on the CogAt were 120-Verbal, 148-Nonverbal, 121 Quant.

I will mention that right at the time we were putting together his file we were having behavior issues.  We have worked through these, much of what we have done to remedy his silly behavior has involved challenging him in class.  I included some writing samples, letters from family members, as well as his religion teacher who has 2 children in the program, and has always commented on how my ds really fit the bill.  I also filled out the parent questionnaire the first time around.

My first instinct was to submit him to further testing.  After speaking with a numer of experts (an Ed. Psych, guidance counselor friend, AAP teacher at our school) we decided that his 148 score on the CogAT, and 99%ile overall on the CogAT were more than enough to prove him from a testing standpoint.  In other words, he passed the testing portion by being 18 points above the cutoff.

That puts me in a position to now fill this appeal out with work samples, another letter from myself (AAP teacher gave thoughts on what to say) and work samples.

Thoughts?  is there any chance without further test scores?

We strongly feel that putting him in this challenging environment will allow him to reach what we feel is a great potential, which has been stifled in part by him coasting through his easy current work.[/quote]

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