Are there additional references? I think now the nominator serves as a letter of recommendation. I didn't read anything about references but maybe I missed it.

My concern is that the two adults who work in the school that know my son the best (his first grade teacher and the reading specialist) think of him as a nudge and they believe he's reading on a second grade level when he's been assessed on a 5th grade level. But, he's in K so perhaps it doesn't matter since he has DYS scores and is above grade level?

Am I over-thinking the importance of the nominator when you have all the other boxes checked? Perhaps I'll write a letter to go with it.