I actually think you should push back hard....
Perhaps you can request a trial with the top math group and counsel DD to double-check her work?
I pushed back today. Yesterday she came home with two- or three-step word problems requiring her to work backwards. They were reasonable. Today she came home with "Joey has 3 buckets of paint. Each one has three gallons. How many gallons of paint does he have?"
I sent a polite email to her teacher saying that I was concerned about how trivially easy the problems were. If things don't improve, I'll push hard at the next conference. In the meantime, she
asked to do algebra after finishing all her homework, so we did.
When the concept of moving her up was discussed, I was told that the other kids were "superior" to her in this respect and that she "really needs that extra time." ??
