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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief.  And we wonder why America is falling behind in educational competitiveness?

We have a system whose primary goal is to make sure no one feels bad.[/quote]

The goal would be to erase bias so all children who need gifted education receive it. That is not happening right now. [/quote]

It's biased to recognize some kids just aren't as smart as others?  [/quote]

No. of course not. But it's bias to have a system that doesn't recognize all the gifted children it should because the tests are culturally biased and the teacher GBRS scores are subjective and make room for bias. An IQ test is one of the few equalizers but it costs too much for school districts to pay for for all its students and many families cannot afford it. They have done study after study about GT or AAP programs not capturing blacks, hispanics and poor whites. Then they take those same kids and test their IQs and wouldn't you know, they're gifted. Shocker! They put those kids in the programs and they thrive. But based on the usual tests and teacher recommendations they never would have been identified. Maybe read the NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Yorker or NPR sometime and enlighten yourself. [/quote]

Why don't you actually read about gifted studies that aren't rooted in the victim status industry, and enlighten yourself.  "Distribution theory" is a good start.  Oh, and by the way, most victim advocates er diversity proponents claim that IQ tests are also biased.

And a student "thriving" -- what an overused, trite word -- is not proof positive that the child was indeed gifted.  Have you honestly ever heard of a child NOT "thriving" in one?  Please.[/quote]

PP please don't entertain the racists. Just let her troll. [/quote]

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