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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got a 160 on the NNAT2, v high Cogat, and a 158 on the WISC-IV. Denied admission to GT program at ASFS because "he doesn't seem to be interested in school." Face palm. We supplement at home, but it irks me that lesser qualified kids are sucking up all the resources and oxygen and are paraded around by their parents as in the GT club. Why does APS allow this at a public school? Let's stipulate that I'm bitter, to avoid the nasty mom club argument that uses that phrase like a weapon. Yep, I'm bitter that my kid is not interested in school because the administration doesn't do its job in providing a good education. [/quote]

What exactly is your complaint?[/quote]

She's posted before. Something is clearly missing in the 1/2 story we are getting. [/quote]

How is it possible that they refuse to identify a child after test scores are available? [/quote]

As a general matter, APS uses the NNAT2 to identify children to evaluate for gifted services. Once they've been identified, the gifted services teacher works with the classroom teacher to review the child's class work to determine eligibility for gifted services; parents are also given an opportunity to fill out a form providing further information/examples to support eligibility. A child who is bored or who doesn't care for school will still be found eligible as long as they're willing to do school work and produce work that shows a strong understanding of the material and the ability to think at a higher level than the baseline curriculum. A child who isn't willing to engage at school won't be found eligible, though, because the evidence simply isn't there to support that they need or would benefit from greater challenge than they're already getting.[/quote]

If the school is basing a gifted ID on willingness to produce work or engage, there is a problem. That isn't the message teachers in the county should be delivering, because they are trained in gifted underachievers.[/quote]

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