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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The scores is good, OP. It certainly isn't going to hurt your kid. The issue is that they no longer place much emphasis on the scores. The committee takes the GBRS more seriously.

Ultimately it is an advanced program, not a gifted program and, [b]in a way, the GBRS measures the likelihood of success in an advanced program[/b]. Clearly kids with strong executive functions do well on GBRS and get into AAP even if their score is in the 120s. If your child scores 140 but has a mediocre GBRS, she won't get in.

It wasn't like this ten-fifteen years ago. Back then, most kids in-pool were pretty much in.[/quote]

It really doesn't, though.  Years ago, my kid tested at multiple years above grade level in all domains and way above the 99th percentile cutoff in both math and reading iready tests.   He got perfect scores on the two academic portions of the GBRS, but still got poor scores in the "Creativity" and "Motivation" parts of the GBRS.  The teacher only viewed kids as "motivated" if they asked for extra busywork and took a lot of time on coloring sheets.  If they instead were studying things on their own or reading very advanced for grade level books, the teacher viewed them as unmotivated.  Likewise, if they didn't create pretty artwork, she viewed the kid as uncreative.

If they truly wanted to measure likelihood of success in an advanced program, the best measurement would be whether the kid is advanced based on end-of-year/beginning-of-year tests, DRA, iready, or some other achievement test.  [/quote]

PP you are quoting. I 100% agree with you. The thing is, whatever the questions they allegedly rate, they don't seem to be rating them. There is clearly a preference for the strong executive function busy-work kid over the disorganized brainy type. This is what I meant about it not really being a gifted program. They are looking for kids who will succeed in AAP as it is now, which is a bit advanced, not that much, and lots and lots more busywork.

I wish they didn't keep promoting the silly "does your kid need AAP" line. This is not a gifted program that teaches kids in unusual ways, geared toward out-of-the-box thinkers. It's as traditional as they come, there is just A LOT of busy work.

I know everyone will generalize from their particular situation but I have an age range of ages and I see how much the selection has changed over the years.  Years ago, a strong score would pretty much get you in and a strong teacher evaluation could bump someone with a weak score. Now, a strong score is simply much less relevant and on the flip side, there are loads of kids who "thrive" with weaker scores in part because everyone is being selected  for this particular program.

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