My older son was identified as gifted through screening at the request of his kindergarten teacher. I wanted him to be "normal" (ha ha - I was still naive about the idea of a gifted kid being normal), so we pulled him out and put him in a academically driven private school. He returned to public school in mid-school, and I finally had to fight the school to get him tested for gifted after he began misbehaving in 7th grade and decided to mess with a teacher's head who told him he should've been smarter about something - he chose to get zeros on every assignment and test while still completing every question. The counselor thought he needed therapy; I knew he needed testing. It's hard to convince a school counselor to request gifted testing for a kid who is getting zeros in all of his classes. (He missed 2 questions on the screening test and went on to qualify as gifted in all three exceptionalities. The gifted classes and IEP saved us. He's now a freshman in college studying mechanical engineering.)
I tell you this long story so that you'll understand why I suggest you request the testing now. Get it on the books and have her tested when it's a positive thing.
