I don't have an answer for you, but I don't think reading a few years above grade level necessarily correlates to high Reading scores on the Explore. I can commiserate because DD9 tanked the reading section this year and her reading score actually dropped a couple of points to 13. This pulled her composite down to 16 so again she missed the DYS cut and can't join her twin. At least with DD, it's mostly a time factor. She is slow and left even more questions unanswered this year because she needs time to think it through so not the best test taker.
