Hi,
I'm new here. But, I have read so many of the posts here and learnt a lot about gifted kids/ education.
My 2nd grader shows a lot of signs of being gifted, but I do not know for sure. The school district has all 2nd graders take up the Cogat/ITBS to determine eligibility into their gifted program. I have always been of the opinion that you do not need to practice for these tests and that the tests will be able to filter the truly gifted ones from the bright ones. So, I did not have my child practice at all for these tests. However, we do stay in an area where competition is really high. And many parents had their kids practice with books and testing websites for hours every day. This has me second guessing myself and I'm now wondering if I ruined my kid's chances of a true score. Does practice increase scores? Are there cases of bright (but not neccessarily gifted) kids getting into gifted programs? Is the COGAT/ITBS combined score a good indication of being gifted or not?
Thanks a lot for this forum. All help is appreciated.
