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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have a kid who gets a really high score but puts little effort into school or grades? Wonder how it plays out if they're placed into a top academic level based on the HSPT score. Basically, a mismatch between effort and ability.[/quote]

Ah, the classic underachiever.  Most schools like to take these kids because they have so much unrealized potential and they take the standardized test curve up.  They think all they have to do is find a way to motivate them..Sadly its much harder to do then they admit and I'm speaking from experience.[/quote]
Yes. I'm wondering what happens if they don't fulfill the expectations of the Honors/Advanced programs they're placed into. Do the schools drop them down or try to "counsel" them to live up to their potential?[/quote]

What do you mean fulfill the expectations?

Schools give a test after acceptance to gauge what class your child should be in for math.  My child took honors geometry in 8th grade.  If she had placed below that on the placement test, I would have accepted that and let them put her in the class she would have been successful in.  If they have gaps in math, they need to remediation.  However, if your kids has been taking advanced math and tests with high scores, you shouldn't need to worry about this.[/quote]
I mean that my kids tests very well and is very intelligent with a lot of natural ability -- but not dedicated to studies or motivated to obtain high grades. Does minimal work with minimal effort. Some of the advanced/honors programs require a certain GPA to stay in them. Do they drop down levels if they don't preform up to standards, or do  they try to counsel them? If you have a child who is "a gunner" (for lack of a better term) with high grades, it may be difficult to grasp this. But I have been dealing with it for years! It's not a question of whether the child can do the work,  it's whether child will do the work and turn it in.[/quote]

NP: I have a similar child and completely understand what you are saying. What they have figured out is how to navigate a system that is not set up for them, but they have get through and they do it the easiest way possible because they see no reward for their effort (good grades for doing "pointless easy work" are not a reward to these kids, wrong-minded though this may be). So chances are, when placed in a different system, like private school, when not turning something in has real consequences, they will adapt and turn it in. Kids like this will likely be fine in the real world where inaction has consequences. DCPS has wised up and changed their policies on this starting today, literally today; and I think teachers are going to see a big turn around in a lot of very smart underachievers.

In the end, however, if being removed from the scholarship program is what happens, it will be a valuable life lesson. Sometimes a kid has to fail to understand.[/quote]

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