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I think there may be many factors involved.  Considering teacher recommendations, I agree, teachers often have great insights about kids and their potential/abilities.  However, research shows teacher recommendations are often biased and favor some groups over others.  They are subjective.  Many teachers have preconceived ideas about what a gifted student looks like (just like it seems many in this discussion).

I'm not sure you can conclude the test is "easier", I've heard that it is shorter, but nothing to confirm it's "easier" or measures anything different.  Actually, I think it's easier to prep for the test now b/c it is more transparent what test is being used.  I think they moved to something shorter b/c it allows them to test more students effectively and efficiently.  Cost may also be an issue.

It is my understanding that the selection process remains race-blind so race is not considered as a factor when selecting qualified candidates.   Testing and reviewing the data of a broader group makes it more likely you will find a group of qualified students from different backgrounds.

The other  thing they do talk about is looking to see if a student has a peer group in their home school.  That would explain why sometimes the numbers seem different.  If only one or two students have consistent high scores on all the things they are looking at, they stand out, if at another school there is a group of 10 kids with similar scores, [b]they have a group that can be taught [/b]together.[/quote]

Except that it is not taught anything different together, not with the same enrichment offered at HGC! My child is a high performer in a high performing school; she's in the highest reading and math group and consistently scores within top 3-10% on multiple tests, however, there's a whole lot of kids at DD's school 'qualified' for enriched instruction (to be fair, I don't think anyone is a genius reading at college level or solving differential equations, but they are all advanced). However, the HGC used to only take a couple students from our school - and the rest of them remained in place, the only 'enrichment' in 4th and 5th being compacted math.

I have a reason to believe that, with new system in place, the number of acceptances will drop even lower.

How is that fair to qualified children at a higher performing school?[/quote]

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