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gollygee

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17. At our schools they do use a standardized test

Reply to LWolf (Reply #15)

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 09:04 AM

Sep 2015

My daughter is in the GATE program and at her school, the kids in that program are very diverse compared to the school as a whole. Maybe even slightly more diverse.

The problem at our school is that parents whose kids are high achieving but don't do well on the test get upset and still want their kids in the program. I know a couple of kids who took the test a few times trying to get in - they do allow kids to retake it in case they were just having an off day. But the school doesn't budge on the fact that they have to score to a certain percentage on the test, and that is unpopular with parents.

Funding for anything at schools is always a problem. There's an anti-tax movement and IMO it's hit schools harder than anything else.

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The "gifted" system in US schools is broken, racist, and completely fixable [View all] gollygee Sep 2015 OP

I'm sorry is that garbage a real quote? whatthehey Sep 2015 #1

I can only post 4 paragraphs due to copyright restrictions gollygee Sep 2015 #3

The word "would" did not display because it is in brackets. . . Journeyman Sep 2015 #5

Here are a couple of quoted paragraphs JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #6

What our schools need is more testing, obviously. Orrex Sep 2015 #2

It was more the "be" that indicated terrible grammar. whatthehey Sep 2015 #16

Any kid would benefit from being in the gifted program underpants Sep 2015 #4

That's much of it. Igel Sep 2015 #11

It depends somewhat on the nature of the gifted program. SheilaT Sep 2015 #28

The gifted program in my school was a joke Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2015 #7

The gifted grade school I went to was amazing. B2G Sep 2015 #9

let our "secretary of education" privatize all the schools for allegedly gifted kids and the rest msongs Sep 2015 #8

Conflicted ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #10

What state? Igel Sep 2015 #12

Sorry, Missed This ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #14

That's another effect of standardized testing. Xithras Sep 2015 #13

So let's talk about the "system." LWolf Sep 2015 #15

At our schools they do use a standardized test gollygee Sep 2015 #17

That's actually an issue everywhere. LWolf Sep 2015 #18

You should make this issue an OP. The fact that GT are at high risk is not known by the public. greatlaurel Sep 2015 #19

I'll try to remember this weekend, LWolf Sep 2015 #23

Yes this is the problem gollygee Sep 2015 #21

Parent ed is crucial. LWolf Sep 2015 #24

Your efforts are making a difference for so many lives. Thank you for what you do. greatlaurel Sep 2015 #29

Thank you. Solly Mack Sep 2015 #22

You're welcome, of course. LWolf Sep 2015 #25

Gifted and talented children are found in equal numbers across all classes and ethnicities. greatlaurel Sep 2015 #20

In the 80s, it was LITERALLY an excuse to segregate Nevernose Sep 2015 #26

I don't see how these results are that surprising Egnever Sep 2015 #27