Dottie, I think the ACT is what has tortured me for the last several months. DS scored 32 and 31 in Reading/English (whatever the categories--it was 97-98% of college bound srs) and now sits through 9th grade honors English, which he says is material he learned in 4th grade. I'm trying to negotiate a semester skip to 10th grade English so he can go into AP next year. They've never done it before and think I'm pushy freak mom. Oh well--guess that's all off-topic--sorry.