I was just reminded of this question I had a while back, so I thought why not ask the experts?
When my son was being evaluated last year for the ps gt program, the gt teacher mentioned that spelling well was not considered much of an indicator of giftedness. I was surprised, I figured ok, there must be some reason for discounting this, but it still seems like it would be an indicator of good memory, potential for achievement and possibly related to reading ability.
I figured not spelling well could not be considered a reason to rule out giftedness, but not the other way around.
Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? It did not impact his results, but I am curious!
