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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One PP wrote "Despite what others say, not every child accepted is 99th percentile." More than true. I fact most children are certainly not in 99th percentile as those children are trouble - they need extra accommodations private schools are not equipped at all to provide in lower schools. [/quote]

You absolutely don't know what you're talking about.  All three of my children were at 99+ and while they needed some differentiation and sometimes more challenge, they were absolutely fine at one of th Big 3s.  How dare you label children you know nothing about?  [/quote]

May you tone down a bit, please? I DARE as I have a 99.9 so do know what I am talking about. Good for you your children were absolutely fine. Not all children get enough with differentiation and some little challenge. Some children even loose interest in school - and fail. An high IQ score does not predict anything but a different way of thinking and handling things. It does not mean systematically success especially in a regular classroom setting. Fortunately DC is doing well but it took us parents a lot of energy to advocate - lower school was just an extremely bad experience in an excellent school in NW DC. [/quote]

There is even a large difference between 99t percentile and 99.9th percentile. Most don't realize. [/quote]

LOL. laughing my ass off. First, schools only get a portion of the full battery of tests as what they are calling the WPSIi, so it doesn't even meatier all that could be measured. More importantly, testing of three and for year olds is notoriously unreliable. You simply can't accurately predict intellectual capacity or future academic performance at that age. Looking at gradations within a single percentile is nuts. The only real value of the test at this age is to try to pick up bigger potential problems, as a very tough predictor. And with kids being counseled out throughout lower and middle school, even rough predictions don't always work. [/quote]

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