Originally Posted by onthegomom
Iowa Acceleration Scale? what's that all about?

Read the links. In a nutshell, the school here uses the IAS to determine whether or not your child is a good candidate for grade or subject level acceleration. It was used for both my children (both were accelerated 1 grade level). I would give it high marks for being comprehensive. It isn't a test given to your child, but a questionnaire completed by your child's teacher, you, school psch etc, whoever your team is in this issue, and you all come together for about an hour or two and go through the booklet and score your child on topics from 1 to 4 I believe (may be 1 to 5). Higher scores = higher likelihood of acceleration success.