St. Pauli Girl,
Thanks for the response...as you can tell I am not a blogger and don't know all the lingo. The only reason why I was thinking about testing my DD further is for the DYS. DD has only taken the COGAT and ITBS...neither qualify for DYS. I am going to talk to GT teacher and school counselor to see if they offer any other test or can refer me to a testing center or psychologist for further info. It was my understanding that schools could not administer an IQ test.....only psychologist and testing centers. Do you know how much testing cost?
We love our DD's GT teacher. He has a Master's in GT education from SMU and is very supportive with students and parents. I think if we push my daughter with too much busy work or grade acceleration she will stop loving school and see it as too much work. If we (or the school) keep engaging her with interesting learning experiences she will show her true colors. For instance, we just got back from a 9 day trip to Boston. We took Ella to the Boston Museum of Science on a rainy day. We were there for five hours and didn't get thru all the exhibitions and DD wasn't ready to go when museum was closing. When we were leaving DD came up to me (unprovoked) and gave me the BIGGEST hug and said thank you for bringing her to the museum. She was giddy like we had just taken her to Disney World. Ella never wants to miss out on learning experience and doesn't understand why she can't stay after school with her friends who go to after school daycare. She is always making inventions and uses found objects in her inventions or art work. In a 1st grade art competition everyone was impressed that she was able to draw herself looking into a mirror.....it was the perfect reflection of herself....there is no way I could draw a reflection of myself in the mirror like she did.
Any who, I think DD is where she needs to be for the time being. Even though I don't feel a once a week GT pull out and accelerated math cluster group is engaging or challanging enough. If she starts to get bored at school and not being challenged then we will need to regroup. DD does have peers in her class that are GT and scored in the 140s on the COGAT but hangs out with more of the run of the mill kids.
Thanks,
NatK
