Originally Posted by Catalana
I would not let them deter you. Buy a copy (or two) of the Iowa Acceleration Scale and take it with you. You can fill it in ahead of time to be confident that your child would be eligible to skip. Then print off several copies of A Nation Deceived and provide them to the people in the meeting. At that point, you can confidently assert "I am certain you just were not aware of all of the research supporting acceleration...." It is hard for them to dispute all of the research.

Gosh, I'm hardly the person to be giving lessons on tact, but I think directly making the assertion above (even though it is true) is likely to harden the resistance of school personnel. Instead, cite research but don't explicitly tell teachers and principals they are ignorant of best practice for gifted children.


"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell