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[quote=Anonymous]The term "gifted" doesn't really fit the purpose of a publicly regulated school system anyway -- what you want to accomplish is to put kids performing at a particular level in any given subject into classes that meet their level in those particular subjects.  You've got the high performing, target performing, and low-performing students.  You don't need an "IQ" test to gauge high performance in school subject areas; instead, just give 'em a test in those subjects and then place the students appropriately.  I don't know why, exactly, educators insist on making education so difficult.  It's probably in large part a matter of money:  they would have to spend salaries on low, middle, and advanced teaching staff.  But somebody with a decent head ought to be able to figure out how to make the money work.

To the degree "giftedness" exists, I'm not sure what public schools should be doing with it other than placing the gifteds in their appropriate classes, along with all of the other kids performing at various levels.[/quote]

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