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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is so interesting.  Gifted children only exist in high performing schools.[/quote]

No.  Gifted kids are in struggling schools too.  But a peer group with lots of gifted kids will be at high performing schools.  One’s cohort matters.[/quote]

Then are they really gifted?[/quote]

Yes.  DC has lots of kids with IQs in the 130 range clustered in high-performing schools.  That’s because there are so many parents educated at elite schools in this city.

My child with the 130 IQ (based on a test while in 3rd grade) has always done well relative to most peers, but has also never been something “that special” because she’s always gone to school with other bright kids.  It doesn’t mean she’s not gifted.  She’s just not profoundly so.

As it happens my husband and I both have grad degrees from HYP, which is also not super unusual among the parent group.

Not all kids are as bright as their parents but there’s a correlation.

I’m sure if I move to many other parts of the country my child would stick out more.  In DC she’s just one on many gifted kids.  (Her grades are fabulous at Basis, but she actually has to work for them.)

Unless OP has a profoundly gifted child, DC’s high-performing public schools will be fine.
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I don't know that I would agree that anyone is gifted "because" they went to elite schools, but I would say that I think DC is Lake Woebegoneish in having a very high proportion of gifted students because so many people who have high IQs end up here for their jobs and their children's IQs are correlated with theirs.

I also appreciate that the poster called out that there are different levels and varieties of "gifted". It is something of a technical term (commonly scores at or above 130 on an IQ test), and there are many possible permutations in terms of strengths, weaknesses, and degrees. I believe IQ tests aren't considered particularly valid until the age of 8-9 or so, so it can be difficult to tell with the PK and K set.

One of my kids has done neuropsych testing because of learning difficulties. Her scores are on the cusp of "gifted" with a lot of variability due to a learning disability. But she had many, many peers at her EOTP school who seemed as bright or much more so.[/quote]

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