So, looking @ the percentiles, it would probably make the most sense to see how her scores compare to 1st graders at the same point in the year since that is the group you'd be looking at her being part of. Her being on the older end is also a plus.
Her math MAPS score for a mid-year first grader would be at the 93rd percentile. Her reading MAPS score for a mid-year first grader would be at the 81st percentile. They're both at or beyond the 99th for a mid-year kindergartener. (Sorry not to have looked that up earlier before I replied!) It doesn't sound like she'd be average in that group, just not a super-star, top of the class kid.
eta: For mid-year 2nd graders her scores would be: 25th percentile (reading), and 77th percentile (math). There must be a lot of expected growth btwn mid 1st and mid 2nd on reading! Unless you have concerns in that area, her reading will likely take off like all of the other kids in 2nd, though. You mention her writing pulling the reading score down. The MAPS test is a computer based multiple choice test and the reading part doesn't including writing as far as I know. Are you sure it was reading MAPS and not Language Usage MAPS for which you were given the 177? Language Usage, while still multiple choice computer administered may include recognition of writing customs as well as grammar and punctuation.
Have you had any ability testing done? I'd definitely want to do that before deciding on a skip. I'm not saying that this is the case, but there are kids who achieve highly early on due to factors beyond super high ability and I'd want to make sure on that front too. The Iowa Acceleration Scale does say that kids who are on the older end can be considered for grade skips even if they aren't in that 98th percentile and up range as long as they are 1 standard deviation above the mean. It seems quite likely that your dd will fall at least that high if not higher.
Last edited by Cricket2; 01/23/11 12:44 PM.
