Boy, does your story sound familiar. I don't have any advice. We ran into the same thing and ended up bailing out of the public school and skipping 2nd at a private school. Except that we didn't take the state tests. But, I think SS would have been the one that Pud (7) wouldn't have done as well on. You'll get many good suggestions here. I just don't have any. I can only say that I understand your frustration.