Maybe it's not quite that simple, Val. You've chosen a particular combination of scores that you feel is most non-gifted, but some other kids without obstacles etc. would achieve the cutoff score with, say, a higher SAT score. Not only that, but the very next page of the report shows that kids at the cutoff point have an 80% chance of receiving G/T services. Which of the 62-pointers do you think are more likely to receive services-- the well-liked kids with obstacles who are completely underwhelming academically, or other ones? ETA: I see now that it's based on a lottery. Of course.
I generally agree with a lot of the rationalizations in this thread, though. From what I can tell, a lot of G/T services are along the lines of enrichment that wouldn't necessarily result in increased achievement scores. I don't think that's the way it would be in an ideal world, but that's probably the way it is a good deal of the time.
