But remember that there is only one definition of left-handedness, while there is no official definition of giftedness, and ask yourself how extreme does giftedness have to be before it's the scary kind of giftedness?
I like Grinity's numbered list and, to add to her above thought, 'how extreme does giftedness have to be before the needs of the child are being met to a significantly lesser degree than are the needs of the other children in the classroom?' That would apply to gifted kids in gifted programs -- if their needs aren't being met there then they need a different level of gifted services -- and to highly able kids in a std classroom -- is there enough being done to differentiate for those children and are there enough peers to make that viable?
The reality is that one point on a test is meaningless but the line is generally drawn in the sand somewhere. Can you talk with the school to see what, if anything, they do for highly able kids who don't quite make the GT program?
