Hi teachermom,
I had to reply because it's a little eerie how similar our DSs are. My DS is 8, with an August birthday, in third grade (in a sea of redshirted 9 and 10 year olds), exact WJIII scores as yours, and a 151 GAI.
I had the same trouble with a portfolio you were having . I just struggled with trying to imagine what 2-3 years ahead "really" looked like. I read all the threads here on the subject but I just could find anything that I thought was objectively so WOW that there would be no question. He just wasn't getting exposed to that kind of advanced stuff in school.
We're in a school that is high-performing (but that underserves its GT population) so both he and my DD5 (who just tested into the GT program) will attend a higher performing GT magnet school next year. That seems fine for us now. But I may need to readdress this next year.
Anyhow, good luck with the DYS app! Let us know how it goes!
