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[quote=Anonymous]9:12 mentions the 95-99th pctile range as gifted, which is probably right. But aren't the top private schools filled with these kids, as a criteria for admission? So my question is, is differentiation a common problem in most privates, in the sense that a teacher would ever have a class with just one kid in the 95-99th pctile range who needs lots of individual differentiation? Possibly what some are talking about, including the mom with the ghastly ghost-written letter, is "profoundly gifted" kids. These are the kids in the 99.99th pctile who are 30 points above the 130 IQ kids. IMO these kids are better served in magnets anyway. But in any case, the questions about the once-every-5-10-year kids is probably about these extremely rare cases, not about the the many talented, hardworking and gifted kids in our private and public schools.[/quote]
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