Check out NYC school district. Has high schools where entrance is 100% based on a single entrance exam score.
replySeattle Public Schools currently still has a “Highly Capable Cohort” program, though it is phasing it out.
replySeattle public schools is a district of and for PMC. I'm sure you find all kinds of advanced programs in SCV too. There is an incentive to appease local parents by providing services they want to enroll their kids in.
replyIn areas where parents aren't demanding advanced classes, there is no program for the government to identify and separate top performers from the general student population.
I don't know where you're getting that from. The sorting of students into "gifted" and "non-gifted" categories is very common. You don't need to look further than your local school district for proof.
reply> don't need to look further than your local school district for proof.
replyYeah mine didn't have it. And the teachers fought every attempt to do so because it hurt their metrics (who gets stuck with the lower class average).
Are you by chance part of the PMC and your local school district is of similar demographics?
What's PMC?
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