Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am actually presently surprised that the school gave DC a 15. I say this since we did not select to stay at the school (local level IV) for our eldest. We are not a kiss ass family that frankly at our school that really helps drive up the GBRS. I have heard of kiss up moms whose childs were not in pool but got 15 or 16 GBRS.- these are kids that really don't stand out at all. Everyone assumed my child would be in AAP. It's just very apparent though he is also really sociable.

Irksome...hate when people on this board claim that kiss ass parents (those that volunteer, class parents, participate in the PTA, give gifts, etc.) end up with kids admitted or kids with high GBRS. You have NO idea. Our PTA presidents have not had a kid admitted in years. Our classroom parents haven't had their kids admitted. Stop the false statements.

I'll add that your post was nonresponsive (and braggy).

I am that poster, I say presently surprised since we had an older sibling who went to the center and most remain at the base school(we are black sheep with DC2). It is NOT braggy- it's actually surprised. I am glad they didn't ding my child since we were one of TWO that went to the center. As for the kiss ass stuff- alive and well. The kids I heard of directly had meh scores but high GBRS. It's actually insulting that kids at our base school get in with GBRS that are not corrent.

Anonymous wrote:I am actually presently surprised that the school gave DC a 15. I say this since we did not select to stay at the school (local level IV) for our eldest. We are not a kiss ass family that frankly at our school that really helps drive up the GBRS. I have heard of kiss up moms whose childs were not in pool but got 15 or 16 GBRS.- these are kids that really don't stand out at all. Everyone assumed my child would be in AAP. It's just very apparent though he is also really sociable.

Irksome...hate when people on this board claim that kiss ass parents (those that volunteer, class parents, participate in the PTA, give gifts, etc.) end up with kids admitted or kids with high GBRS. You have NO idea. Our PTA presidents have not had a kid admitted in years. Our classroom parents haven't had their kids admitted. Stop the false statements.

I'll add that your post was nonresponsive (and braggy).

I am actually presently surprised that the school gave DC a 15. I say this since we did not select to stay at the school (local level IV) for our eldest. We are not a kiss ass family that frankly at our school that really helps drive up the GBRS. I have heard of kiss up moms whose childs were not in pool but got 15 or 16 GBRS.- these are kids that really don't stand out at all. Everyone assumed my child would be in AAP. It's just very apparent though he is also really sociable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child had a low GBRS. He got a 9. Three 2's and One 3. Comments were sparse but of course all positive as they have to be. I was very disappointed and found the comments to be eh. Things you tell a blind date about this friend you know who isn't that good looking. But alas, my son got in so now I just want to say "oh look he got in in spite of your low GBRS." But I don't.

But you did.

Not to the teacher.

Anonymous wrote:My child had a low GBRS. He got a 9. Three 2's and One 3. Comments were sparse but of course all positive as they have to be. I was very disappointed and found the comments to be eh. Things you tell a blind date about this friend you know who isn't that good looking. But alas, my son got in so now I just want to say "oh look he got in in spite of your low GBRS." But I don't.

But you did.

Honestly, some teachers or schools are just better at filling out those forms, plus there is not a consistent standard for the scores. Two years my DS had a 16, with very few specific examples. This year my nephew (different school) had a 12, with four pages of amazing commentary. And not the generic "He scored x%" or "He asks good questions" but thoughtful, complete answers with clear evidence of "gifted" behaviors.

Both kids were admitted, but there is no logic behind a 16 with little evidence and comments which SHOULD elicit 4s but got 3s.

Who writes the GBRS comments? Is it class teacher or AART or is that done by both?

My child had a low GBRS. He got a 9. Three 2's and One 3. Comments were sparse but of course all positive as they have to be. I was very disappointed and found the comments to be eh. Things you tell a blind date about this friend you know who isn't that good looking. But alas, my son got in so now I just want to say "oh look he got in in spite of your low GBRS." But I don't.

Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity. From what I read all GBRS commentary is positive so there is a lot of confusion. A parent might not understand why their child receive a low score but with positive comments[u]. From the comments it seems that a high GBRS would have tons of comments? For example a 3 or 4 in a question will have 3 or 4 positive commentaries? And a low GBRS will have 1 generic positive commentary under a rating of a 1? So a high GBRS will be longer and have more meat? Is this accurate?

Former FCPS teacher here: 100% of comments must be positive. We are not permitted to put anything negative at all. One can, however, read between the lines between a positive comment that indicates higher levels of thinking versus a positive comment that is simply a positive comment. I realize it is difficult if you don't know this, and simply see positive comments and a low GBRS rating.

Anonymous wrote:My DC had a 15 with only a sentence or two in each section.

Ditto for my kid with a 14. The whole thing was not more than a page.

My DC had a 15 with only a sentence or two in each section.

My kiddo got a 15, they were maybe 10 --13 or so examples/ statements under each category.

I think the length depends on the effort that the teacher and the AART put into it. I think generally the more comments the better. Does every high GBRS require multiple pages? I don't think so. My DS got a 14 and the whole thing was only about 1.5 pages. I read in another thread that in order to support a 4 in a particular category there had to be at least 4 examples in support of the score.

Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity. From what I read all GBRS commentary is positive so there is a lot of confusion. A parent might not understand why their child receive a low score but with positive comments. From the comments it seems that a high GBRS would have tons of comments? For example a 3 or 4 in a question will have 3 or 4 positive commentaries? And a low GBRS will have 1 generic positive commentary under a rating of a 1? So a high GBRS will be longer and have more meat? Is this accurate?

I haven't personally seen any GBRS other than my own kids' reports. One was a 15 and had maybe 3.5 pages of comments and one was a 16 and had about 4 pages of comments. There were examples of things said, done, connections made, what one child does in spare time at school, etc. They were very detailed and specific. I haven't counted up the number of comments to see how many there were but even without looking at it again, I'm pretty positive there were many more than 4 comments per section.

Just out of curiosity. From what I read all GBRS commentary is positive so there is a lot of confusion. A parent might not understand why their child receive a low score but with positive comments. From the comments it seems that a high GBRS would have tons of comments? For example a 3 or 4 in a question will have 3 or 4 positive commentaries? And a low GBRS will have 1 generic positive commentary under a rating of a 1? So a high GBRS will be longer and have more meat? Is this accurate?