I can't speak to Boston particularly, but I have never seen a gifted program bas...

jasode · on Feb 28, 2021

>I can't speak to Boston particularly, but I have never seen a gifted program based any art of IQ test or proxy.

In the Florida public schools I was exposed to, a typical way a child would get into a gifted program would be:

1) teacher notices that child is a fast learner or not being challenged enough

2) the teacher and/or guidance counselor asks the parent if they would like the child to be tested for the gifted program

3) a psychologist comes to the school to administer an IQ test

4) the psychologist meets with the parent about the findings and recommends the gifted program

Example from Georgia public school webpage mentions the IQ tests that are acceptable: https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/...

Also googling several Massachusetts public schools, I found that several used aptitude (e.g. Weschler aka "IQ test"). Example: https://www.eastlongmeadowma.gov/598/Assessments

I think the "AWC Advanced Work Class" of this thread's article uses Terra Nova 3 Survey (pdf warning): https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/cms/lib07/ma01906464/cen...

the_only_law · on Feb 28, 2021

Interesting, I grew up in Georgia and was constantly in and out of gifted classes from elementary school through high school. The process was very similar except there were basically no tests involved. In high school I was bumped to a gifted class randomly in the middle of the year without any additional processes.

I suppose it’s possible that that could have changed since I was in school, but it wasn’t that long ago either.