Skullworks, You obviously don't lose intelligence but poor instruction can affect scores on test. Some of her decline was due to her effort but a large amount of her drop in performance was due to mediocre preparation via her instruction at Pville school system (which inludes Pville's Gifted Program). I would add that both of my parents were /are retired school principals so I am familiar with quality educators.

I would also add that I was in horror at my daughter's recent graduation. In my life there has been nothing to compare to the embarrassment of the Pville High Ceremony. I THOUGHT I WAS AT A SOUL TRAIN DANCE OFF. The administrators should have been fired to allow the behavior that was present from start to finish. I was left speechless.