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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you've got that model wrong.  It's not all winners and losers.  Even with rankings, there are clear performance baselines in these testing regimes.  [b]Many parents will be fine with their kids in the middle or bottom of a pack where most of the children succeed[/b] because they understand the material.  If none succeed, who cares if about being on top?[/quote]

Nothing could be further from the truth. Parents - especially those of presumed to be high performers - are not comfortable with them suddenly not being at the top. And they're also not comfortable telling their child "don't worry about your struggles; it's just because everyone's so smart". Neither is the child comfortable with this. There was a great Morning Edition on this just the other day, recounting the evidence that points to this being a great but unnecessary source of early teenage stress. To add insult to injury, getting a B- in a very difficult course and environment is mostly still regarded as a B-, and doesn't help anyone's cause.

No thank you, call my cynical, but I would not put my child in an all talented, gifted, whatever environment, not for his nor my sanity. Honors, advanced, tracked, G&T pull-outs, extras, anytime though.[/quote]

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