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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you get rid of testing?

And stick with just the GBRS? wow. [/quote]

I am saying with the degree of test prep, the tests do not tell much; they take time away from education.  GBRS is a long term average, testing is a 1 day measurement.  Sick kid=low score.[/quote]

[b]The variations in teacher ability to identify "highly gifted kids" is so profound that it's very unreliable.  [/b]

If it were up to our kids' 1st grade teacher, my kid with a 150 IQ would have had a very low GBRS and our kid with a 135 IQ would had a 16 GBRS.  She had no idea what she was talking about.  One kid is a genius who doesn't care about grades and the other kid is a smart, high achiever who is a super great listener and rule follower.  Due to testing, the school and 2nd grade teacher got it right, but I can't imagine this is always the case.

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I think the way they do it now with looking at the GBRS, the test scores, etc. is just fine. I think they need to do more testing beyond the NNAT and the CogAT. I was talking to a friend and she said that in her school, they are encouraging all the parents to do a referral because the test scores will not arrive before the deadline. I like that a lot. P[b]arents should provide more input regardless of the test scores.[/b]  [/quote]

Kids are more than just test scores.[/quote]

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