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I can be the OP's Voice of Chistmas Future and say that those scores are pretty much exactly the same as my kids' in middle elementary. Those kids are now successful MS and HS students in magnet programs, but they are not particularly exceptional within their programs. They are bright and curious and happy and successful, but there are plenty of kids blowing the roof off tests, taking pre-calculus in 9th grade, etc. My kids (and OP's it seems) are run of the mill smart, which I actually think is kind of a sweet spot. [/quote]

This is 100% my take as well (I'm 10:52). There really isn't any difference in future success between kids who score at the 95th percentile versus kids who score at the 99th. I'd rather my kid be happy and socially adjusted than pushed along too hard and too fast just so I can have bragging rights.

That kid who had to walk to Wootton every day from Frost? (Yeah yeah yeah, something something W schools and acceleration... this was 20 years ago, so before Frost added both Geometry and Algebra II to their curriculum.) Barely graduated high school. Flunked out of college. He's definitely not doing better than my non-accelerated ass.[/quote]

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