Adding the word "challenge" to the list of buzzwords which schools may use to misrepresent services to gifted children. When a teacher or school promises to "challenge" your child, a parent may wish to ask if they are referring to providing advanced curriculum, pacing, and instruction at the child's zone of proximal development (ZPD).

This post explains the wordplay which may occur when a school may have a different definition of "challenge" in mind, rather than advanced curriculum, pacing, and instruction at the child's zone of proximal development (ZPD).