<p>The smart kids BEFORE were truly smart. Most of the kids labelled SMART today are NOT truly smart…just better prepared. An entire industry has sprouted just to get kids to do well on tests. </p>
<p>Bottom line - the % of nnately smart kids today are probably the same as that of kids in the past. The issue is that MANY more kids today are labelled SMART because of their performance on tests. And that is an illusion.</p>