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[quote=Anonymous][quote]And Local Level IV services are in place to reach out to these "still gifted but not as highly gifted" students. [/quote]

Sigh.  I think we're starting to talk ourselves in circles here.  Yes, test scores are only one element, but many here argue they should be the only or the most heavily-weighted element of the process, and I disagree.

But, to respond to your comment: First, LLIV is a full-time AAP placement but does it NOT provide the same level of services as the Center.

More importantly, we were talking about the kids who didn't quite score into the automatic pool but are still eligible for the Center, and specifically discussing how other things besides "giftedness" can account for a difference of a few points or more on these tests (eg, test preparation, a momentary lack of concentration when questions are given orally, etc.).  You seem to imply that a slightly lower test score indicates a slightly lower degree of giftedness; I would argue that the testing is not that precise.

Clearly there is a difference between a child who scores in the 50th percentile and one in the 99th.  But between the 96th and the 98th?  Maybe the child didn't hear one of the questions correctly, or did understand but then inadvertently marked the wrong answer on the test booklet, as kids are prone to do - that could be enough to make that difference in percentile scores.  The whole point is that attributing significance to a difference of a few points in the upper echelon of scores on these tests is splitting hairs; it really is not a useful way to distinguish, in your words, kids who are "still gifted but not as highly gifted" from those who should be in the Center.    [/quote]

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