Well, sure. But that's a generic definition of talent that doesn't seem relevant to your point or our discussion. I assumed you were talking about *academic* talent, no? I mean, we're not testing for athletic or music talent, and they're not usually included in GT programs.
So please correct me if I'm understanding wrong: you think schools have to IQ test all kids in order to ID GTness, and only IQ test?
You know, when they do that, they usually have to use group IQ tests for the sake of fiscal responsibility and convenience, and those group tests like the CogAT tend to miss LOTS of truly GT kids, even some HG+ kids. DS7 took one of them and just squeaked in as GT, though he's a DYS kid. Group IQ tests are not very good tests. Achievement tests help catch some of the truly GT kids that those lousy group IQ tests might miss. I think that's a good thing, as the problem is with the instrument, not with the kid.
