UrbanBaby

06.15.08, 17:32 PM General Topics
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Were there mistakes in the G&T test scores this year? My DD's teacher thinks so, a kindergartner in my DD's group reads at a 4th grade level but didn't get in. My DD didn't either, her teacher was convinced that she would. Anyone else experience this? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.15.08, 05:32 PM Flag

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DD's teacher isn't exactly impartial. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:33 PM Flag

That's an interesting point, I hadn't thought of. Does it look good on her record or something? She's been teaching for 30 years, will retire very soon. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:35 PM Flag

np: I would say she probably loves the kids she teaches so she ends up biased like a parent would nbe [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:36 PM Flag

np: Actually, I'm sure a teacher who has had a child all year is more likely to differentiate between the good test takers (like my kid) and the truly gifted. But that's not how the DOE makes their decision, it comes down to a score. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:37 PM Flag

Sigh. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:33 PM Flag

seriously [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:36 PM Flag

It's not a VBA if that's what you are thinking. I just logged on for the first time in two months and saw it's the main topic of conversation. We got our results weeks ago, I was very surprised by our teacher's reaction. I was actually somewhat relieved our dd didn't pass. Our neighbor's kid goes to the G&T (we are in the Bronx, she goes to the one in co-op city) and they are both crazed because the homework load in first grade is insane, two to three hours every night, five to six hours at least on a weekend. I was very ambivalent about the whole thing...of course I'd love to brag she'd passed, but didn't want that pressure for her either. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:41 PM Flag

I am thinking that 99.99% of people on UB don't give a shit about your school b.s. Post to NY Schools. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:43 PM Flag

Well aren't you just absolutely charming> Have another drink. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:45 PM Flag

np: Same could be said to all the moms obsessing about schools. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:46 PM Flag

Roflmao -- This coming from a tiny group of women so overwrought over this pathetic bit of minutia that someone like you is blaming your daughters failure on a system-wide error. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:49 PM Flag

That's not what I said at all, I said the teacher was the one expecting a certain result, I said I was ambivalent about the whole thing. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:51 PM Flag

I should add, I did mention this is the first time I've logged on here in ages and it brought the subject back up for me, we got our results weeks ago. I don't understand the Manhattan system at all, it's obviously different from the Bronx. On the same note, do other regions go through this testing? Like, say, Iowa? Or is it just the NY metro area? Is that why the catty replies? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:54 PM Flag

There were probably not mistakes in the test scores, but the test does not test giftedness and creatively smart dc tended to not do as well as they did on other tests. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:38 PM Flag

np: Yes - the "talented" of G&T is completely ignored here. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:42 PM Flag

I don't even really mean that, although that is true as well. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:45 PM Flag

i have not received a letter and my dd was a 99% wtf? when did you guys get your letters? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:48 PM Flag

We are not moms waiting for letters. We are commenting on OP's hypothesis only. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.15.08, 05:49 PM Flag