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Wow, aren't you insensitive!

I'm sorry that your appeal was denied , 23:25.  I hope your child is in a setting next year where he is appropriately challenged.

As for the facts, the most recent available data from 2004-05 shows that 59% of appeals were successful.  Those who submitted additional testing succeeded 92% of the time and only 38% of those who did not submit testing were accepted on appeal.   I, for one,  hope that any child who belongs in the AAP ends up there so that they are appropriately challenged, whether they get in on the first round or on appeal.  [b]It's not a competition, it's an appropriately challenging education for those who need it.[/b]

http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/Fairfax/Board.nsf/39c6389c088be51585256e56000c1bf2/2b1b2b585a5d305e852570fb004f3f9f/$FILE/Gifted%20and%20Talented%20Center%20Program.pdf[/quote]

well if it's it's "an appropriately challenging education for those who need it" why can't those that need it be identified through the CogAt/NNAT and GBRS score? 
 I suspect those who get in on appeal are much less those that "need it" than those whose parents really, really want them to get in.[/quote]

Because it's a cheap group test that misses some kids.  It's not a true IQ test.  A true IQ test would be too expensive for FCPS to administer.  They will accept WISC or Stanford Binet results, which are individually administered by a psychologist and provide a much more accurate measure of intelligence.[/quote]

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