Reply to cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "cutoff scores for Fairfax County GT centers for this year?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't get HOW a kid with high test scores, mostly O's, positive comments from teacher and no behavioral issues could get low GBRS's.   Is is a teacher/AART who doesn't know what the heck they are doing?

Sometimes I wonder if they just put the kids name in a hat and pulled them out.

All is fine and dandy if you have the funds for a WISC, but if you don't are your just plain out of luck? [/quote]

We were in this boat, though behavior was a bit of an issue (mainly due to boredom).  We could not, and did not want to shell out our $$ on WISC.  We were denied, BUT, in 4th grade, we had a much better fit, a teacher who understood the distracting behaviors were due to too much time on his hands, and voila, a child on task with a more challenging load.  No WISC scores this year, parent referral, old COgAt and Naglieri, in on parent referral with a stronger GBRS.

There is no "behavior" component to the GBRS at all, BUT when ds's teacher told me she felt ds would mature over the summer before 2nd, and would coast on on parent referral, I knew her commentary was influenced by behavior.

So, if WISC is not an option, I recommend you stay on top of things, and try again next year.  I do think that most who win on appeal do have WISC.  We did not, and therefore all new material was subjective, letters, work samples, etc.

GL[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics