Originally Posted by blob
One "statistic" (who knows! Might be real!) the Gifted Services officer spouted to me was: 20% of children in an urban population are actually ready for acceleration, but we don't do it because it doesn't make sense."

That's consistent with my experience. When I spoke to DD7's first grade teacher regarding acceleration, she said that there were several other kids (in a class of 22) she felt would also benefit from it.