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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In many schools in well off areas you do have a lake woebegone effect, most of the kids are above average so the majority of the teaching is for the average is for the majority of the class.  Many of us then don't see this as extra or pull out because there is a critical mass. Our kids may be getting more than we think.[/quote]

For the middle of the class, maybe.  But for the exceptionally gifted?  Probably no.

This was from an interesting article by Miraca Gross, in the mid-90s:

"Because moderately gifted students so greatly outnumber students at the higher levels of giftedness, the identification procedures which are generally recommended, and the programs which are developed for the gifted and talented, are generally based on the characteristics, learning styles and needs of the moderately gifted. Yet researchers have noted profound differences between moderately and exceptionally gifted students on almost every cognitive and affective variable studied. In terms of intellectual capacity alone, the profoundly gifted student of IQ 190 differs from moderately gifted classmates of 130 to an even greater degree than the latter differ from intellectually handicapped students of IQ 70. If they are to come anywhere near maximizing their remarkable intellectual or academic potential, exceptionally and profoundly gifted children require an educational program which differs significantly in structure, pace and content from that which might be offered to the moderately gifted."  [url=http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10117.aspx]link[/url]

The key point from this study was that a significant change is required for the most significant outliers.  A tough need to meet, I know, but DCPS has ridiculous resources at its disposal.[/quote]

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