HELLO! We wish you the best of luck in your efforts! Our recommendation is to provide a full presentation with research, references, highlighted excerpts, as well as specific examples of your child's work. It's a LOT of work...but...
BACKGROUND: We are currently vigorously advocating for our DYS DS9 for acceleration 4th to 6th grade. He has WISC-IV FSIQ 153. "Our" (parents) scored IAS was a 74. We are supposed to get the "teacher" view this Thursday. We have had several meetings, have made some progress, but it has been extremely difficult and stressful. We remain hopeful for the outcome...
QUESTION: Does anyone know where I can find a list of the states, school districts, countries, etc., that use the IOWA scale? In an appendix to "A Nation Deceived" (
www.nationdeceived.org), there is a mention of 103 schools that responded to a study, and a table lists Australia and 12 US states specifically. In the preface to the IAS-3 Manual, there is the following statement:
"...since 1998, it has been used for successful acceleration decisions with hundreds of students in school districts throughout the United States, as well as in other countries."
However, a list or specific number of states, schools, school districts, etc., was not listed anywhere that I can find in the manual or through online research.
Any ideas?
Thanks, and again, best of luck to you or anyone else currently advocating for their children!
Kevin
