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The problem is that tests are taken on one, or at most a few days. It is possible to prep children for tests so that they get higher scores than they would without prepping.

Teacher comments, on the other hand, are based on many, many days of first hand observation. Sometimes children's behaviors back up test scores, sometimes they don't. Kids who are not exhibiting "gifted" behaviors generally are capable of having their educational needs met in the regular classroom.

Looking at only test scores does not give a detailed enough picture of the child and his or her educational  needs. 
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9:06 PP again.  My kid scored 99th percentile on both cogat and wisc.  That child was also way above grade level on iready, is in above grade level groups for all subjects, is grade skipped (in fcps) for one subject, and gets excellent grades.  If that child ends up being given a low GBRS, that's more a reflection that the teacher is an idiot or the teacher just doesn't like my child than it is a reflection of my child's giftedness or educational needs.  Judgement of whether a kid is exhibiting gifted behaviors is pretty arbitrary and shouldn't be the deciding factor.  I'm fortunate, in that I have no reason to expect a low GBRS.  We have seen on this forum, however, that many gifted children who are shy or those who are subject to weird teacher biases get low GBRS.  [/quote]

or are brown or black (which falls into the bias teachers show)[/quote]

Yeah, this. Not to derail, but I found the black mothers whose children got into AAP after appealing (in-pool score wise but poor GBRS) eye-opening.[/quote]

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