You raise an excellent point. I can give you a great example of mislabeling. Economist Thomas Sowell as a child was a "late talker" During the 30's when he was a child, he was labeled as slow and borderline autistic. Now days he would have been considered learning disabled. Mr. Sowell managed to graduate from Harvard...
Magna Cum Laude, also he has authored dozens of books on economics, chaired the Hoover Institute at Stanford university, writes a regular syndicated column.
Also an even better known example of late bloomer,
Albert Einstein, who as a child was labeled a dunce.
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Originally Posted by chaotic13
My school district would argue that point. Kids are being tracked as early as 1st-2nd grade in my district, this is totally BS in my opinion. What kind of valid and reliable measures are the schools doing on 6-7 yr old that are good predictors of academic achievement.
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