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    inky #46954 05/08/09 02:38 PM
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    Oh, and now she got a 276 on the math section. Do you have any percentiles for the math/reading new scores?? (we get science scores monday or tuesday)

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    More high growth and she's still moving up the above grade level percentiles. grin
    The 276 math RIT is at the 98% for End of School year 11th graders (274 RIT). A 277 would have put her at the 99%.

    The 255 Reading is 3 points above the 99% for End of School year 11th graders (252).

    This came from pages 133 & 145 of the Norms Study.
    http://pickens.it.schoolfusion.us/m...ssionid=14d1e9266e4482d198ebc39c6e6bc9c3

    The thing that really impresses me is when you compare her growth with the growth estimates on pages 95 & 58. I had to look at 10th grade charts for her starting RIT. For math, the growth estimate is 0.21 from beginning of the year to the end of year (32 weeks) compared to her growth of 6 in ~10 weeks. The reading is impressive too since the growth estimate is actually negative (-1.89 for 32 weeks) compared to her positive 5 point growth in ~10 weeks.

    P.S. Your daughter seems to prove this point in the Hoagie's article about testing:
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    Some gifted children, particularly those who read or calculate very early and seemingly without instruction, will continue to make gains in reading, calculating, and possibly other areas, at the phenomenal pace they have already established for their own learning.
    http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests_tell_us.htm




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    The science went down by a point. This time she had 239 and 241. Which leads me to believe that she might not be learning anything new? (and what she knows might be from the "Chemistry for Dummies" book she read voluntarily about a year ago?[she's really into the dummies series])

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    My son is in the third grade. He is the all-time highest score for Colorado. Im so proud of him.
    Reading: 262
    Language Usage: 254
    Math: 293

    Our math director for our district is using him as a guinea-pig. She is currently taking him out of class once daily to further his math knowledge. Right now they are working on trigonometry. He probably knows more than I do in math. All of his teachers want him to skip multiple grades. I don't like it due to him being small and stuck in with a lot larger students. His principal recommends that we switch to a special online school. A gifted specialist drove in from Denver to work with him. He said that his current knowledge and adaptability is about equal to that of a College Student in their 3rd or 4th year. What do you think i should do? Should I bump him up a grade? Or go to online school?

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    Originally Posted by MyGiftedSon
    My son is in the third grade...
    Right now they are working on trigonometry. He probably knows more than I do in math...His principal recommends that we switch to a special online school. A gifted specialist...said that his current knowledge and adaptability is about equal to that of a College Student in their 3rd or 4th year. What do you think i should do? Should I bump him up a grade? Or go to online school?

    I think you should ask yourself if they are reasonably going to be doing college level work in the fourth grade classroom, and make your decision from there. And remember,there are lots of places besides school for him to interact with other kids his age.

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