The terms for the levels of giftedness -- moderately, highly, exceptionally and profoundly gifted -- are not standardized, and they seem to mean different things to different people, and based on scores from different tests. Let's start with the numbers that various folks suggest...
Different tests have different ceilings.
While it is helpful to understand that there are different levels of gifted, and to know the names of the levels and how they relate to eachother, it may be counterproductive to overly focus on an IQ score (which is a snapshot at a particular point in time) or on a label... as being overly focused on either of these may come across as being elitist.
Focusing on a child's needs, and on meeting those needs, may be more productive.
