Last year, my daughter took the highly capable assessment in her first grade and was admitted into the program. Unfortunately, we moved and her scores were insufficient for the gifted program in the new district. We applied to be tested again this year but our application was rejected due to the Math score on her last year's report card being lower than the benchmark (3.4 vs the required 3.5 out of 4).
So now my daughter can't even take the test just because of the report card. However, she scored a 99 in Math when she took the ITBS last year and the ITBS was supposed to be administered at one grade above her level. If that's the case, wouldn't her ITBS score already shown that she demonstrated mastery of the math skills?
I really want to appeal the district's decision. Is my understanding of ITBS correct?
