Missing a "large chunk of kids" is the whole point, lest Giftedness be leveled downward. It shouldn't be Special Olympics where everyone gets a medal.
Well, agreed to the second sentence, but not the first. I think kids who score a 130 on PRI or VCI
ARE GT! I was saying that that schools who don't ID these kids miss a large chunk of
GT kids
who need services. (I think that's possibly what Dottie was getting at, too, with her statement that ND kids only very rarely score in the 130 range on achievement testing, though I don't claim to speak for her.) I think these 130 PRI or VCI kids are MG, they generally need more from school than ND kids do, and they should be served by GT programs.
I just think that if they are served, then there needs to be recognition that HG+ kids need even more!
