Sheila,
Pat,pat...
This is so hard to figure out, because you don't know if these percentages are national or local. And if they are national, how do the kids in his classroom compare? Are there a few others entering K like him, or are the kids who are finishing K with scores like that rare?
I love the idea about asking for 1st grade math, unless they can show you 2 other kids who also are starting K with 99% math and promise to cluster them together and give them harder work...
Hummm -- can you get them to agree to retest reading under the same conditions about mid-August? I'm not suggesting that you hothouse, it's more that gifted kids DO often leap forward.
BTW - are you saying that your son would be the same as the 79% in reading as kids doing their Spring testing at the end of Kindy?
It seems to me that the bar is set too high. If you are going to compare him to kids a year ahead, I'd take the average of th 79% and the 91% to get about 85% and say that that is high enough...I mean, if a Kindy kid finished reading at 79% would they be happy or consider holding him back?
To me, if he was over 90% in both, compared to local 'end of kindy' kids, then a skip into 2nd should be looked at. I mean, the idea is to have peers in his classroom, and how many peers would he have if he had scored over 90% on both? If the answer is '1 or 2' then I'd still be asking for more. If it's 3 or 4, well then they have a point.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
Best Wishes,
Grinity
