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Gifted kids are a derivation off and have specific clues very early. They are actually the easiest ones to pick out at this age. Any evaluator used to working with them sees them almost right away. The bright kids who are driven to do well at these schools are actually harder to make out. Doesn’t mean speyer is doing it right, but it makes a helluva lot more sense they would be able to do it than the other schools looking for who will succeed in their programs for 13 years.

=Anonymous]I sometimes wonder whether Speyer being described as a “gifted school” is more of a marketing claim than a reflection of how the school actually operates.

After all, students apply in kindergarten just like they do for most private schools, and there isn’t a separate gifted assessment process like the one used by Hunter. I also haven’t really seen many cases where families choose Speyer over other top-tier schools after being accepted to those schools.

Of course, Speyer does offer strong programs such as debate, math, and chess, which are certainly valuable. But calling it a school specifically for gifted students feels more like a positioning choice by the school rather than a designation based on a clear gifted identification process.[/quote][/quote]

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