Lorel: The real question is, can I test "up" with DS without officially skipping him a grade? Or is he in the grade for the test I order?
Is that decided on a state-by-state basis? I've never seen anything about it before anywhere.
OHG: I missed your question. I know in our state, you can use the portfolio method. I just haven't chosen to. I have to save stuff, and I'm not that organized. Then I have to meet with someone, and I'm not thrilled about having to "prove" what we've done for a whole year to someone in the span of an hour or two. The score DS has to get to pass the test is obscenely low--like a 28% or something you could easily get by random guessing!--so giving him the test is the obvious, easy choice.
