I have an older child who is mildly gifted (not sure I like putting it that way, but it is the only way I know to describe it).
You could probably use 'moderately gifted' instead; I think that is a better term - 'mildly' seems to somehow take away from the fact that they are, truly, gifted.
I went in to talk with the principal. She told me that often kids can do well on these tests, but they don't really understand what they are doing. So, he still needs to learn his concepts.
Sounds to me like he is getting the concepts (those are the abstract things) but may not have all the terminology. A whole different ballpark. He does need to be exposed to the right terms, but certainly not with the level of repetition he will encounter in a regular classroom. Gack!
I think this would really not be good.
Continue to look into this further, go with your gut. (and maybe more testing, as suggested )
