Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums THINKING BIG About Gifted Education The Rhetoric and Reality of Gap Closing

I agree with those comments above mine. There will always be a gap even if everyone is nourished to full potential because all humans poses varying strengths and weaknesses. It reminds in some way of "No Child Left Behind". As a psychologist once told me we will never have every child score perfectly on everything because IQ varies so much. We can either lower the standards to the point anyone can pass or live with this gap. Personally, I say throw out standards altogether and nourish individual strengths. One size fits all fits no one, and neither does a standard around it.