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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I have not responded because most of the recent posters have no idea what they aretalking about. There were very few minorities  (AA or Latinx) in my classes. The only AA student I had in my last three years did get into AAP and I strongly supported that child. Most of my Asian kids did get into AAP and if they had demonstrated gifted behaviors I supported them. The twi instances of kids with high CoGATS and low GBRs were both upper middle class whites.  I myself am not originally from the U.S. and have no inherent biases. I solely looked for kids who evidenced gifted behaviors or appeared as if they would be successful in AAP.  GBRs are based on observed behaviors. Students who do nothing in class (orally or on paper), get mostly 4s and have high standardized test scores do not demonstrate gifted behaviors and were given low GBRs by me. Interestingly, almost all of the students I had that made AAP with high test scores and low GBRs had a hard time in AAP.  I followed up on my students through sixth grade to see how they were doing.  Many of the high test score kids who I had given low GBRs to because they never demonstrated evidence of giftedness did poorly and demonstrated nothing to their later teachers that showed they belonged in AAP. a few did but those that didn’t were generallynot motivated. They may have been very intelligent based on test scores but they never demonstrated anything to merit AAP.  Less intelligent (based on scores) kids who were motivated and worked hard did much better through 6th grade.. [/quote]

This teacher’s admission is exactly what I worried about With respect to my shy kid being turned down for AAP. He’s far and away more able and qualified than his older sister who is in AAP and does great. But he’s very quiet and scared to participate in school. He was clearly denied AAP due to GBRS (test scores and grades were high). He was speared from all the other kids he’s made friendships with and we know he’s be best served and fit in best in AAP. It really annoys me that teachers who may not really understand your kid have all this power.[/quote]

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