Thanks ladies... Here's some more info.
Her Math on the Explore was 13. DYS requires 14 in Math, so she's close. It was 68th %ile for third graders. Her English scores qualify for DYS, but her math was one point short, and her Composite was 14, DYS requires 15. IQ also falls just short. A DYS advocate would be great, but dd falls right on the line. I haven't really pushed the issue. I figure if she's that close, she may qualify at some point in her life with an achievement test or maybe if we ever re-test her IQ.
I'm more concerned about meeting her school needs for next year. Looking at the big picture (all of the data), I don't think regular 3rd grade math will be the right decision. She dislikes math, specifically the arithmetic part of math... I think the slower the pace, the more she'll dislike it. And I don't want her to hate math. Her math NWEA score that I have was from last spring (spring 2nd grade). It was 210. I'm pretty sure that her fall score was 99th %ile. I want to say it was 214, but I don't have a copy of it. I'm an educator myself... So, I'm trying to focus objectively, solely on the data. Data driven instruction, right?
