I think what is the most frustrating is I have only been really reasearching this topic for a short time in comparison to her years in the district and I feel like I know more about the tests, research etc. It almost is embarassing for them to keep giving out misinformation.
I have a hard time dealing with GT teachers or district coordinators who don't know what they are talking about. It seems to me that, if you are going to be in that type of position, you'd better have your info straight b/c you should be planning to deal with at least some smart parents. We considered switching dd10 from a school of choice to our neighborhood school earlier this year but the GT teacher was a big drawback. She didn't have any idea what an IQ in the upper 140s was and seemed to feel that her other kids with 95th percentile scores on part of the CogAT were right at the same spot, had never heard of the EXPLORE, the WIAT... She was at least new to the job. For the district coordinator with year of experience to be that lacking in knowledge is a real bummer.
