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Maybe the gifted and talented programs in your city was like SEM.  I grew up in NYC where gifted and talented programs were like AAP programs with advanced and accelerated academics and to get it, there are strict IQ cut offs even for K.[/quote]

K is way too young. if you ever read nurtureshock they have a great chapter about how testing in kindergarten only just demonstrates which kid either were prepped within an inch of their life (usually by parents with lots of resources) or just precocious in their academic development. in many of these cases the general education students will outperform the magnet students by 3rd or 4th grade which is why Fairfax in McHenry County don't have gifted programs until 3rd or 4th grade.

so you think it's dangerous to assume that giftedness is a proxy for being middle-class there is no correlations at being smart automatically means you're going to be better behaved or less disruptive.[/quote]

Could care less about whatshisname and nurture shock...  But Hunter elementary and Anderson schools in NYC which tests-in at K are amazing programs and I can understand why parents would prep their Kers in the hope that they get into the program.[/quote]

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