Anonymous
06/14/2018 14:56
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.
It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.
DP. We all knew what pp meant, there's no need to be so pedantic.
I don’t think that pp was necessarily being pedantic. APS does not disseminate much information about what GT services will look like. You can find details on the APSVA website, but not every parent has done that by the time her child is identified.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 12:58
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.
It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.
DP. We all knew what pp meant, there's no need to be so pedantic.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 12:55
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.
It isn't classes that your child "got into". Your child qualified for services in two areas based on a demonstrated need.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 09:44
Subject: Re:Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Question - when you say that most are identified in 2nd grade, do you mean at the end of First with enrichment to begin in second, or at the end of second, with enrichment to begin in third?
The latter. Schools don’t go out of their way to identify in K or 1st unless the parent self refers or a teacher notices something glaringly obvious. Standard GT review is kicked off with the NNAT in 2nd so it’s by 3rd grade that you start to see real clusters of kids.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 09:18
Subject: Re:Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Question - when you say that most are identified in 2nd grade, do you mean at the end of First with enrichment to begin in second, or at the end of second, with enrichment to begin in third?
Anonymous
06/14/2018 09:07
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter
It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.
IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.
Your experience isn’t universal. For those kids who are identified (most in 2nd grade), the GT identification guarantees that they will be grouped with at least 4 other kids and receiving enrichment, whether they were before that or not.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 09:03
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter
It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.
IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.
That is the case for your child, but not for all children. Some who qualify and would benefit are not identified until NNAT testing for a variety of reasons ranging from prior teachers not noticing their abilities to learning disabilities that interfere with their ability to express their abilities.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 08:51
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter
It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.
IME, if they are getting the GT identification, then they will already have been grouped with similar level students and having enriched curriculum. It shouldn't be a surprise. My DS was ID'd gifted for math but he'd been pulled out with the gifted teacher for a math group starting early in kindergarten.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 08:18
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter
It may not be a really big deal, but there is some value to being grouped with other ID’d students and receiving an enriched curriculum together.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 07:53
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t even matter
+1
But, yes, we did get a letter.
Anonymous
06/14/2018 06:56
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
It doesn’t even matter
Anonymous
06/13/2018 15:17
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
My 2nd grader’s teacher told me over a month ago that she was identified, but I still haven’t received official notification from the school.
Anonymous
06/13/2018 15:10
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.
Anonymous
06/13/2018 15:04
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
Yes. I talked to a parent who was notified in the past week or so. But the child is a first grader, so wouldn’t have taken the NNAT.
Anonymous
06/13/2018 14:39
Subject: Anyone get GT decisions yet in APS?
NNAT results were so late in getting back, it clearly delayed GT coordinators in their assessments. Has anyone received notifications of decision yet?