Originally Posted by Bostonian
I disagree. If the cutoff for a gifted program is 130, and if the regular public schools have students with average IQ of 90, with no ability grouping, I'd rather have my 110 IQ child in the gifted program than in regular classes.

I see your point, but if the schools just grouped students by ability, they would save a lot of money and there wouldn't be any need for all this mania.

Yeah, I know, quixotic Val.