Although it may have been possible for some public schools to teach some PG children at their appropriate academic challenge level or zone of proximal development (ZPD) and in the company of intellectual peers... with the full implementation of Common Core standards in recent years... and the enforcement through data collection, including the evaluations of teachers and the ratings/rankings of schools according to their closing of achievement gaps... many families find that the closing of those gaps is often achieved by capping the growth of students at the top.

Unless a gifted child also has a disability, many families may find that the needs of their gifted children are better met in learning environments other than government schools.