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Hi all. Glad I found this forum. Our son took the Stanford 10 last march - (was5yrs. 1mo Kinder). We just got the results and I am debating if it would challenge/stimulate him more if he skip grade one and go to second grade next school year. As kinder, he has been given grade 1 txt books in reading and his teacher would often tell me he would ask her for more things to do in school... I prefer him going to first grade next year but fear might get bored again like he is in kinder. emotionally, I think he is older than his friends at kinder and he plays well with older kids in school. Do I even entertain the idea of grade 2? or just let him have another relaxed year in grade 1?

here is a his Stanford test result:

total reading 100/100 - NPR-S: 99-9 / GE 5.2
math 39/40 NPR-S: 97-9 / GE 3.2
complete battery 208/220 NPR-S 97-9 / GE 2.6

Being bored out of your mind is generally not relaxing. It depend more on the teacher than anything else though.

Welcome! Possibly your post is more about weighing the pros and cons of grade acceleration, rather than about the test results?

Hoagies Gifted Education Page has a list of resources on acceleration, here: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/acceleration.htm

The Iowa Acceleration Scale (IAS) is a meaningful guide for considering different factors to determine the likelihood of a positive experience with a grade skip. http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/iowa_accel_scale.htm

thanks much guys! indigo, I would have not found these sites/information, thanks!