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The PP posted the article indicating that more URM kids were identified as gifted simply by having all kids take the test, and devoid of any parental or teacher input.  So, I am saying let's do the same thing here:   have all kids take the HGC test.  That alone should determine who gets in.  You can decline if you don't want to go, but like the other case, that one test alone should identify who is gifted, and thereby, who gets in.

It would also help the home school teacher know which kids need more acceleration based on the test scores.[/quote]

But the HGC test is not there to identify who is gifted. It is there to be one part of an application to a "highly gifted" program. Now you could certainly say, if you wanted to, that admission to the HGC should be based solely on test results. But it would not be valid to base this on the experience in the school system in Florida in the NYT article, which is using test results to answer a different question.[/quote]

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