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[quote=Anonymous]GBRS rating are assigned by class teacher with a huge influence from AART teacher. My DS' school tells us GBRS is based on comparison with other gifted children. This means a child with GBRS 1 at gifted threshold while one with GBRS 16 is a super-genius. So a top child at entire 2nd grade level in the school may get GBRS 1 or GBRS 16. Here is the issue- Most other schools score GBRS differently. They compare each child against his/her peers at the grade level at the school. They say that a top child at entire 2nd grade level in the school is obviously gifted and will be somewhere in 12-16 range on GBRS.

Our school tells us that a child with all "O" in 1st/2nd grade, 130+ in NNAT and top of his class can get GBRS anywhere from 1 to 16. We are also told that even GBRS of 4 or 6 is excellent and clearly indicates that the child is obviously gifted (though not a genius) and should be eligible for AAP.

To summarize, our school has a stricter interpretation of GBRS and compares each child to genius children in the population. Other schools give GBRS rating based on comparison with peers at the same school.

Have any of you heard of this before?[/quote]

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