re: Do most school systems give kids IQ tests?

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Do most school systems give kids IQ tests?

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Of course.

Public school administrators try to shamelessly avoid the topic. It’s involved parents who continuously engage who get it done. Often you need to just pay private practitioners to get the appropriate testing and accommodations necessary to ensure ideal placement.

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Personally I think it would be fantastic if every kid got to experience the gifted program. It was a lot of fun - not sure how the costs would play out - but there are a lot of different "gifts" out there that don't involve standardized IQ scores.

As a 10 year old kid - getting to make choices like you make in college was pretty cool.

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Essentially, the “gifted” programs are the last vestiges of a “classical” education before the advent of modern corporate-drone training became the educational norm. Except, you have to be extra, ultra special to get to experience it.

My school’s gifted program covered a lot of Ancient Greek mythology. There was also a shite ton of sketching and painting for creative enrichment....and brain teasers and riddles.

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in 2nd grade I began to be bussed once a week to a gifted class at another school.

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how was the ride on those short busses?

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grades, performance

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That’s how we rolled. 7 point grading scale as well. College was easier.

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do most school systems have gifted and talented programs?

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Gifted programs? No. Those are "racist." There are "enrichment" programs though. Basically just a one-period on campus field trip for the smart kids. Pretty boring for the gifted kids though.

They’ve evolved over the years. I was part of the early days, when the programs were instituted in the 60’s to help “catch up” to the Russians after Sputnik. In our school some type of test was administered in kindergarten, cutoff was 130.

Implementation was actually bad, the kids were segregated from everyone else, even gym class was with the same kids. Finally scheduled myself out of some of the classes in high school when I had more control over my schedule. I think things have evolved since then, with kids now targeted to specific subjects vs an all or nothing approach.

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What’s it based on?

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If you have a mom or aunt that works at the public school, you're on the dance team and in all the gifted programs.

The dance team, not flag or cheer, the dance team.

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Where we live is test score or 130+ iq to qualify for gifted.

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I always forget if it's 120 or 130.

Yes, students are given IQ tests—both for gifted as well as SPED.

For some school systems the cutoff is usually 127 …because a score of 130 has a standard deviation of 3…(+3 or -3). That means there’s a high probability if the child took the test again they would score somewhere between 127 and 133.

Tests usually administered are the Weschler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI), the Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children -V (WISC-V) … or the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales.

There are also tests for creativity.

The WISC-V ( fifth edition) gives three scores: verbal scale, performance scale (nonverbal) and overall full scale IQ. Usually gifted program placement is based on the full scale but there are times when they have been placed based on their verbal or performance scores. Some students are gifted verbally or non verbally.

Teachers usually make referrals to the special education department based on a student’s performance in the classroom. Also… parent referrals are accepted. The special ex / school committee meets and decides if the referral for testing will be approved/ accepted.

The school system does not have to accept private testing results. They must consider it …but …aren’t required to accept the results. However… they usually do.

They follow state/federal/and local regulations.