What type of test did the school give him? I'd agree that he can't take the same test again within a year, but there is no reason that he can't be given a different test. Especially if they used a group test like the OLSAT or CogAT, those are notorious for coming out with different results for many gifted kids than an individually administered IQ test. They are also, technically, meant to be screening tools not intelligence tests.

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