Ohio has a policy of 95% on a nationally normed test. Our school uses the ITBS. There are 5 kids in his class(I thought he said 2 boys & 4 female students, but he was counting the teacher), and there are 72-75 3rd graders in his school. So that's about 5.5%.
What I'm wondering is, is it fair to use an achievement test to identify gifted students? We use math on the farm more than what I suspect an average urban family would, and I've involved him in cooking so he knows fractions. But what about the gifted kid who hasn't been exposed to those things? That's just a side thing for me.
