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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MoCo schools, about 95% of parents believe that their kids are gifted.  It's worse than Lake Woebegone.  [/quote]

But kids take a gazillion standardized tests.  Inview, MAP every year, maybe HGC, and more.  The test results are pretty clear, right?  Don't parents pay attention and modify their expectations, one way or another, based on them?[/quote]

I'm in FFX county (parent) and IMO nope. My child scored super high (99+%) at all the "gifted" tests, I graduated from Ivy and top grad school. We're both normal, maybe brighter than average, but nothing exceptional. I worked hard in school. If DC wins the Nobel price or cures cancer, that's another story. But he's in elementary school, it's comical to discuss how brilliant they are at this age. My brother barely finished a tier 3 college, hated school but he's very creative, a risk taker, and great at networking and selling. Guess who's the multimillionaire in the family. [/quote]

So you're judging your DC against adult standards when s/he consistently tests in the top 99 percentile nationally?  Weird.  You don't think s/he merits enrichment/acceleration based on these scores?  That's quite separate from determining whether she's as creative as your brother, who apparently scored less well on such tests.  The tests predict academic success, not necessarily professional.[/quote]

He's in an accelerated program because he gets it faster than the other kids his age. This doesn't mean he's gifted. Predicting academic success from a handful of tests in the first or second grade is ridiculous because these tests at best predict potential for success. A kid from the International Mathematical Olympiad team or a child music prodigy will probably laugh at our special snowflakes' 99% US WISC. I'm refusing to let my child develop these feelings of entitlement based on some random labeling and don't feel better about my parenting because of some testing score. Motivation, hard work, ability to persuade people will take him further in his professional and academic life. And yes, professional success is important. I don't want him to graduate from Yale and live in my basement in his 30s.        [/quote]

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