[Oz-gifted] tests in the public system

[Ellen Hrebeniuk]

At 5:38 PM +1000 21/9/06, Narelle W wrote:
>Trouble is each school or teacher will only accept certain "evidence" but
>reject others. I had a recent experience where only the basic skills tests
>results were considered "standardised" and therefore acceptable as evidence
>of giftedness by my dd's school. Individual teacher's opinions were also
>given extreme weight. I presented other evidence of even higher ability,
>such as APTS, IQ tests ( WIPPSI, WISC 111, & UNSW competitions) all of which
>were rejected as unreliable and therefore meaningless.

Astonishing, isn't it -- and what exactly do *they* mean by 
unreliable, anyway?  Are you in NSW?  Each District Office is 
supposed to have a G&T officer, and the school counsellor should be 
able to give help too.
-- 
Ellen Hrebeniuk
Sydney, Australia

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