This is a why I support test based gifted education that is open to all that can cross the bar as opposed to just the parents who can afford choice for their offspring. Instead of being ‘exclusionary’ I believe it to be the most inclusive option we have in an otherwise very unfair world.
Agreed. And where barriers in these instruments exist, they can be assessed and mitigated.
I would also like to see gifted education acknowledged as a need for students from their point of entry into the education system, and resourced accordingly. I don't even necessarily think this needs to be 2SD+ congregated gifted initially - just an enthusiastic, committed acknowledgement by the teacher that curriculum can be accelerated *in the classroom*. To aeh's post upthread re: seeing up to 4SD accommodations where there is good collaboration between teachers, it's not an impossibility.
