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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC has always been a strong student, according to teacher comments.  DC, however, bombed the InView (of which we had zero notice and didn't even know was administered until months later when we got the results).  The teacher was surprised and recommended DC for retesting the next year.  With some notice, we advised DC to take it seriously and give it DC's best shot.  DC did far, far better.  We realized that DC takes many (seemingly) random assessments at school that DC had no idea what the point of any of them are or if they're important.   DC also rushes to finish tasks that are not personally interesting. We advised DC to take the HGC test seriously and to try to finish all questions but not panic if it doesn't happen.  DC did not get into the HGC but was in the ballpark on a few sections and lower on others.  DC is a strong reader and writer but just isn't interested in puzzles or the nonverbal-type questions (paper-folding, etc.) and doesn't do well on them.  I don't  feel that the test results mean DC is not smart or a good student.  DC's strengths aren't captured well on the HGC test but I don't think it says anything about DC's academic prospects or intelligence generally.[/quote]

You are completely right.  [/quote]

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