I know so many of us are in the same boat so I'm going to try to make this direct and to the point (is that possible?). I finally got to the point that I applied my DS10 to a private school that caters to bright and many gifted children (but also to an all around child with lots to offer and a VERY diverse population). He took the ISEE (which is just a portion of the admission process and with NO prep - I didn't want him to do any) and he did quite well considering many of these children study and prepare their interviews for a year - we difinitely winged it. So his scores were:
VR: 87%
RC: 82%
QR: 93%
MA: 85%
Well 2 days ago (he was waitlisted and decisions had been made 3 weeks ago) I got a letter from the testing center saying they mad a mistake scoring his exam. His RC score went from an 82% to a 99% !! So I called the school and there's pretty much nothing they could do - especially in the fact that out of the over 100 appications they were offering the 25 positions to mostly girls to even out the grade. So I'm stuck with the public middle school who do not believe in even acceleration. I have been fighting for the G&T program and differention for all students and have gotten some G&T but it is not near what my son needs. So I am done fighting for all the children and I am going to fight for just my child. What information should I go in with? Here are the scores I have along with the ISEE scores.
Measure of Academic Progress (MAP)
Math 257 (99%)
Reading 233 (97%)
COGAT
Verbal 99%
Quantitative 94%
Nonverbal 97%
Composite 99%
NJ ASK
Mathematics 300 (ceiling advanced proficient)
LAL 242 (high proficient)
WISC
VCI 132
PRI 143
WMI 146
PSI 141
FSIQ 141
GAI 146
Block Design 18
Digit Span 19
Matrix Reasoning 18
He is going to be taking the SCAT soon for CTY and the EXPLORE for a second test for DYS but I don't know if he's qualified enough to pass those and then I may lose my confidence to do this. He is bored stiff, has so much to offer and doesn't want to be the smart one any more. I could please use some advice on how to speak to the school and administrators - and it must be done in a firm way as I have tried every other way and they just don't believe in pushing any child ahead. As they said "If we push them ahead what are they going to take in high school?". I'm devastated. Sorry for being so long winded.
Jules
