It works better to understand test scores like this in terms of how well a *strong* student does at each grade level rather than how well average students do. (Average adults top out at fractions and decimals in math and read at a 5th grade level, so comparing the achievement of a gifted child in any grade to that of an average high school student isn't helpful.)
So instead of looking at how a gifted child compares to students at the 50th percentile, I prefer to look at how they compare to students at the 90th percentile (so strong students). If you do this for the scores you posted here, it looks like they would be equivalent to a 90th percentile 4th grader at midyear.
That is probably more in line with what you know to be true about your daughter and makes a more realistic starting point for advocacy.
That said, I don't know how to help with the non-compliance issues.
Last edited by Kai; 02/15/18 08:57 PM.
