Try these links:
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/iowa_accel_scale.htmhttp://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10053.aspxhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0910707553...41&creative=373501&link_code=as3http://www.amazon.com/Iowa-Accelera...IKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1X6EW4PENHKBBPWTSY7JI think of this book as a way to organize the information you already have, and of giving you greater insight into the information you already have. I also like that it's research based, not someone's idea of what works.
What happened at our house was that when DS was in 4th grade I read the book, finally understood 'above level tests' filled out the form, decided I was in favor of a gradeskip in our particular situation, gave the book to our principal while negotiating for a subject acceleration in Math. The principal and the assistient superintendent hadn't ever seen the book before, and stayed up all night calculating their score, which was similar to what I estimated. Then we all had a meeting and they told us 'No Way.' But we did get once weekly invitation to the 5th grade Math Club, and 5th grade music lessons. Which really helped a lot, amazingly.
The next year we switched school to the local private school. I had given up on the gradeskip idea (messy handwriting, very immature appearing - emotional kid, not compliant) but within one month he was reading books during class discussions again, so I asked for a skip, and within a week, he was a 6th grader. They didn't use the Iowa Acceleration Scale, just gave him the algebra readiness test that they use on end of 6th grade, and were guided by the school psychologist who had a similar son.
Advocacy is tough work, and one can do everything right and still get slammed. ((shrug))
