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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The averages are low but that makes sense because not every child is a high scorer in every area.  It should bring comfort to those that have children with uneven scores.[/quote]

I think the whole GT slelection is the wate time and public resources. It started only 8% of students are eligible, now > 14% and the cutoff is lowered every year. Why not make all the county students to be GT eligible?[/quote]

I agree that the averages are lower than one might expect because not every child is a high scorer in every area.  Some children who scored 150 (99th percentile) in quantitative may have only scored 115 in verbal abilities.  This will affect the averages to somewhat lower numbers.

I think the county probably does a pretty good job with the resources it has in order to provide a quality education and offer special education to those children who need it.  Naturally, the process isn't perfect and there will be exceptions.  But children who are among the 14% who are offered Level IV GT services are very likely to have a gift in a particular area which puts them in the top 2% for that area.  Just because those students are better at some subjects and not as good at others doesn't mean they aren't "gifted."

Level I services don't attempt to label each child as "gifted" rather it facilitates GT/AART contact with all children in order to help recognize those who may need additional services (some of whom may have otherwise fallen through the cracks).  The ideas taught by the GT instructor can foster thinking skills in each child, some of whom may respond very well to instruction that differs from the traditional, reading, writing and math.[/quote]

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