What's high achieving? Does it mean able to churn out ever-greater amounts of homework on time? Test at "A" level on all quizzes and exams?
In our district, "high achieving" means high standardized test scores using a LOCAL norm.
I've been VERY naive as to how much tutoring/prepping is going on in our district - a lot of these kids have been cramming since preschool. Because of this, you end up with results where nearly 30% of the district scoring in the top 4% nationally on some standardized tests.
So even though my (non-prepped/non-tutored) son's standardized test scores are all within the 90th percentiles nationally AND with a 133 FSIQ/133 GAI on the WISC-V (very even profile) and a 131 Cogat, he is NOT considered gifted.
I was actually told by the gifted director that he ISN'T EVEN CLOSE to being gifted. This is a district where 18% of students get either self-contained or pull-out gifted services.
