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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many - but certainly not all - gifted children also have a learning disability or ADHD. They might struggle with executive function skills or maintaining sustained focus in non-preferred subjects, so their grades don’t match their standardized test scores.[/quote]

Yep. I have a profoundly gifted kid with ADHD and his grades have been a string of Cs, Ds, Fs in areas where the ADHD aspect hits hard. He was reading at college level by second or third grade yet is getting a C- on a 6th grade test about a Roald Dahl book. Why? Because he is disorganized, doesn't read directions, or is thinking about something else. He's also wildly inconsistent on standardized tests: he will test either at the 99th percentile or the 30th percentile (even though he knows the material well). Based on test scores you can't tell if he is barely literate or a tremendously advanced reader. For him it is all about attention and focus.

When he was tested and determined to be profoundly gifted, the tester actually told us not to worry about saving for college with this kid because he'd undoubtedly be offered scholarships to great schools. Well, we knew our kid better than that and have seen the reality. We have the MOST dollars socked away for him because he will probably struggle the most with grades as compared to our other merely "gifted" children. [/quote]

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