So we just got the letter that DD9 (4th) is eligible for the Duke Talent Search and to take EXPLORE. We are satisified(...ish) with her current school situation and have no plans to advocate for anything different. We do not want to after-school her because she is buried in homework, though we'd consider a summer class, perhaps. We also have a decent roadmap for middle school and high school. We do suspect that her IQ test was a bit mussy (it was the RIAS and she was six and refused to guess), but it got her in and that was close enough for government work, as they say.
Do we want to pay for this? Should she take this test? I admit to curiosity, but is that enough? Is there another reason that it's worth it at this age? It might be interesting to know if she is a killer achievement test-taker like her father. We have VERY little data on that--this is the first standardized test I have ever gotten data on for her. An award ceremony is of no interest to anyone here, though. DD read the letter but was very blase about it.
