Hi All,
I have posted previously in this forum, but can't find my posts or username, so I am starting anew. I have some questions that might seem silly or basic, so please bear with me. My ds is in third grade. We just got his fall math MAP score, which was 230-I think this is beyond the 99th percentile. I don't have reading scores yet. He has generally scored very high in the testing, but I can't recall the exact numbers from prior years (they are probably in my old posts here!), but they were along the lines of 95-99th percentiles. Our school doesn't routinely give out the scores. It was just out of curiosity that we asked for the most recent scores.
Because my son was complaining a lot about wanting to move faster, and I think based on his test scores, he is now spending some time doing math with the grade above him, but does not have a full grade level acceleration. He attends third grade math class, not fourth-his enrichment is doing additional math with the 4th grade. I know that his score, and his ability is pretty high, and I am feeling that he is not challenged enough yet. However, I'm not really sure how to proceed.
Is there a benefit to leaving him in 3rd grade math, and doing 4th grade enrichment? If he accelerated at some point, what happens to the third grade curriculum-I am mostly thinking of multiplication and division here, which would be taught this year. My son is picking this up on his own,and in enrichment time, so I don't think it would be much of an issue, or would it?
There is no gifted programming, although the teachers are dedicated to meeting the kid's needs. Does this seem like the situation that one would advocate for math acceleration? What we have right now is making him want more challenge, and frankly, I think he could handle more than 4th grade math at this point.
I would love some thoughts or personal experiences!
Last edited by Mousemom; 10/13/11 07:51 PM.
