Yeah, I must admit that it bugs me that a child with a highly gifted or above IQ is considered to be not gifted if s/he doesn't have high achievement scores while a child with an avg IQ is placed in gifted programming if s/he has advanced NCLB test scores and high achievement scores. That winds up making the GT programming really something you can get your kid into by enrolling them in extra tutoring and getting their achievement scores up high.

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