I just switched DS10 to online homeschool via the K12 program. Even attending out of district in one of the best schools in the state he was getting bored this year. After a lot of thought (and asking myself if I was insane), I felt this would be the best choice for now. It is our first foray into the homeschool realm.
For a little backstory he was found to be above average on the WISC IV, just missing the "gifted" cutoff. On the WIAT III mathematics (his true skill), he hit the ceiling at 160 and in the >99.9th percentile. His psychologist rated him as profoundly gifted in mathematics and well above average in verbal.
I was wondering if any other homeschool parents use this program, if any are familiar with the Scantron test, and if any would be able to explain the results of the Scantron. His results are listed below:
Math:
Scaled Score 2816
SEM (55.725)
Performance: Above Average
Numbers & Operations 2618-2741-2864
Algebra 2528-2658-2788
Geometry 2994-3203-3412
Measurement 2825-2954-3083
Data Analysis & Probability 2496-2629-2762
National Percentile Rank 98th percentile
Reading:
Scaled Score: 2780
SEM (65-820)
Performance: High Average
Vocabulary 2839-2957-3075
Long Passage 2308-2463-2618
Fiction 2849-3021-3193
Nonfiction 2485-2656-2827
National Percentile Rank 74th percentile
Words Per Minute 155
His reading honestly could have been much higher but he was bored and fidgety.
The school did decide to do grade level acceleration for math, which I fully agreed to. They offered full grade acceleration but I declined because he does need to work on several core items in Language Arts.
If anyone has insight, advice, personal stories (good and bad), please let me know!
