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No the whole thread is about the New York program.  I think it is crazy and against all best practices to do it in kindergarten. I do think it would make sense to provide some option around 4th grade, but I think a it should be a rather narrow band of the top 10% mostly because I want to see all the ward 3 folks scramble when their darling is at just smart, not brilliant. [/quote]

Yes, but then what do you do with the Kindergarten kid who is reading chapter books and doing 3rd grade level math? Put them in a classroom where most of the kids may not be able to read or count to 10??? My kid is gifted but not profoundly gifted according to testing done on him. He also did not level out in 3rd grade and remains way ahead of his peers despite not being profoundly gifted.

I say have gifted and talented programs in separate classrooms starting in kindergarten and frequent re-assessments in later years to identify G&T kids. Also, offer every kid a rigorous curricula at their level with high expectations for behavior which is often not the case now since many schools seem to frown upon teaching actual content since they view it as "drill and kill" instead of as the conferring of foundational knowledge.[/quote]

Testing in 3rd or 4th grade makes sense since studies show any bonuses early readers have over late readers usualy even out by the time they are 8.[/quote]

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