Thanks for all the input. It gives me some good stuff to think about. I will bring up the Iowa scales at our meeting with the school. That is in about 4 weeks. Ii am interested to hear the schools opinion.
I definitely don't see a grade skip as a solution. My son managed to get to a 4th grade reading level and second grade math level with no formal eduction, so presumably if they are teaching him well he should be advancing faster than the academic years, but at least it will put him closer to his level. But then my areas of concern would be social and emotional. Instinct tells me the grade skip would actually be beneficial for these areas, but an objective test such as the Iowa scales would be good to base the decision on rather than gut feeling.
I will give an update after the school meeting.
