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[quote=Anonymous]I was a teacher 10 years ago in a completely different state, but for what it is worth

We had caps on how many students could be in the "gifted" programs.  (We also had caps on how many students were allowed to fail each year).  We would conference with several other teachers/principals/etc before these decisions were made.  And usually, I could go to bat for 1-2 students, maybe 3.  I could "fail" 1-2 students total.  Regardless of the work that had (or hadn't) been done.  This wasn't flexible at all. It was really hard to make those decisions, especially when you had students with fairly comparable skills.  And I never knew if I was making the right decision, I just had to go with what I knew at that moment in time.

I don't know if this how it works in this situation, but my guess is that it could be a ratio thing.  Only a certain percent of students can be considered "gifted" or even "advanced".  If you really want your child to move up in the group, you need to ask for specific, measurable areas to improve.  Ask whether you can see the assignments for the next level group so you can do them at home.  Etc.

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