Oh, please don't get me wrong, I don't think it'd be easy or wise for most kids to accelerate from 1st to 4th (maybe I'm saying it wrong -- I meant completing grade 1, rising into grade 3 in fall as accelerating one year, rising into 4th would be skipping 2), it just doesn't make sense that you need to demonstrate 2 years above level instead of one just to skip one grade. It seems like a high hurdle meant to discourage rather than meet the needs of a child.
I think the big thing is, I know my DD7 (1st grade) has intuitive math skills and has been insanely bored with repetition and the math part of school all year, but she also doesn't wish to "after school" (and I don't push it; she loves to play and is very imaginative and creative -- she'd rather 'play school' with what she knows). So she needs exposure to 3rd grade math, but I read the detailed core standards and feel she knows the 2nd grade math already, and some of 3rd.
Last edited by longcut; 04/13/15 07:58 AM.
