In my public school system, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, admission to the gifted program was largely based on the results of IQ testing.<p>That was back in the 1980s and 1990s; not sure how things have changed.<p>I have to say... I thought our school system did a good job with gifted students. We had some classes with other gifted kids and a lot of classes with the school&#x27;s general population. We weren&#x27;t treated as elite freaks or anything, were never told we were &quot;better&quot;, and all in all I think they did it right.