But HK don't ALL kids become better learners the older they get ( compared to their earlier self). Your DDs continuining trajectory makes perfect sense to me. Comparing what is expected at each level of schooling, children are not just expected to have more accumulated knowledge/skill they are expected to be able to learn faster/deeper and output more/faster (compared to their earlier selves or more accurately the age average). Your daughter was not likely to ever become normative in any way was she? Including the speed at which her personal capacity increases.