We have been fighting this horrible 4th grade teacher, who, despite all the evidence of DD9's old grades, WISC, tests, etc, stated that DD had to "prove she could do 4th grade work." Made us furious. We are currently pushing for grade acceleration, and the AIG specialist from the school district agreed it might be a good idea. DD9 (in 4th grade), was given the ITBS Complete ( math, reading, social studies, science) for a 6th grade student. DD had to get at least 75% on at least 2 of the tests. I have been biting my nails since she took it. I just got the results!!! Mostly 99% on all the subtests!!!!!! My normally calm DH exploded on the phone when I gave him the results. Now he's REALLY mad at the 4th grade teacher!!
I'm still shaking my head on the social studies score - where the heck did she learn all that stuff???
BTW - they sent the results to the 4th grade teacher. Wish I could have seen the look on her face!!!

Awesome!

Fantastic...I had a feeling she'd do well! I am so glad that it turned out well!!!

How wonderful greenlotus! After what I imagine has been many sleepless nights and fears that your DD was being deliberately set up for failure, what a vindication (and yes, a little unseemly smirking at the teacher is in order here).

Just think about it: your DD just passed - at the 99% level!! - three years of material she has mostly not been taught (tell her she rocks - wow). And while this whole episode has been painful, you now have powerful documentation that will shut down the naysayers for many years to come, and not just for the current decision.

It's lovely when Santa comes early! Thanks for sharing this cheer with us.

Happy to read this!

Recalling your earlier post where the school asked for your dd's WJ-III Achievement results and you would rather not share them? This pretty much makes the WJ-III a moot point. I'd just ignore that request, and if they ask to see them again, ask *why* when they have this very recent, solid evidence

I'm also guessing that the request from your school yesterday, in light of the ITBS scores, *might* be an indication they will be willing to skip her at semester, so I would consider responding to their request (with as much data as you intend to share) by tomorrow afternoon if you can.

polarbear

That's wonderful news!

I don't mean for this to sound the way it probably sounds--but are you positive it was scored against 6th grade norms? If it is a standard report it should say something like "class" or "grade" in the upper right hand corner with a 6 (or 6th) after it.