My DD7 also has noticeably stronger language skills than math skills.
However, when she was tested in first grade, her scores in both subjects were high enough to qualify her for the gifted program.
In our district, if a child scores extremely high in one area but low enough in another area that the composite score makes the child ineligible for the gifted program, they still do "cluster grouping" in the regular classroom.
Right now, DD can do only a one day/week enrichment program. (The full-time program isn't available until third grade.) The other two kids who qualify for the gifted program are in her regular classroom with DD. Also in the classroom are a cluster of kids who were strong in language arts and a different cluster of kids who were strong in math -- but not strong enough overall to qualify for the gifted program.
The result is that DD is much more challenged in her regular classroom this year than she was previously.
