DS's reading score was about the same as math on achievement testing but teacher does not think he should be grade accelerated for reading because his writing isn't the greatest. Not sure what I think about that.
Assuming she's just talking about the physical function of hand-writing, don't let that be a barrier. When our son was in 4th/5th (the year he skipped), his hand-writing looked like that of an 8yo because, well, he was eight! But the content was clearly appropriate for the new grade and beyond.
The compromise was that he was allowed to type any of his homework assignments and that helped a bunch. He was easily frustrated by his inability to write as fast as his mind was working, and the pencil tip became an incredible bottleneck to the writing process. Once he began typing, he could better focus on his ideas and quit worrying about proper letter formation, etc. His handwriting improved as he got older and was no longer an issue.
