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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be very uncomfortable with using IQ to determine class placement. [b]Too Brave New World for me.[/b][/quote]

A history lesson:  After Spudnik, the US educational system did exactly what OP is takling about to compete with the Soviets.  It was called the MGM "Mentally Gifted Minors" program.   By 1961, most U.S. children were given I.Q. tests and put in homogenous groupings (classrooms) based upon I.Q.  The gifted children received the best teachers and best STEM services (pretty elementary then) that the public system could offer.  Unfortunately, the system broke down in the 70s and classes went back to being mixed on the theory that the "bright would lead the not-so-bright" which meant that no one learned anything.  Educators have learned the hard way that that style of teaching doesn't work so now we are roaring back with AAP, AP courses, IB programs, and anything else you can name to push your kid into a top-flight college.  So, whether or not you like it, at 18 your child will be judged based upon test scores, GAP, how many advanced-level (AP courses) your child has taken and other numerical factors.  it sucks and it's not right, but that's what education is about today.  http://books.google.com/books?id=qK9Xa7P7jBYC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=mentally+gifted+minors+sputnik&source=bl&ots=ZYmhl0SY2i&sig=JEOPcilEXi4Q6VDfTIYePn2LNJw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DMIMVIr5K5XCsASm7YGYCw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=mentally%20gifted%20minors%20sputnik&f=false
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