We could have her tested and are financially able, though not necessarily with a tester we would otherwise choose (she has some anxiety issues and some hiding issues and I have very definite ideas about who would test her best to help us tease those out, get a "truer" number and also help us figure out what's going on with those other issues, but our financial state isn't capable of handling that particular tester at this time).
The test results would either ease my worry or completely make me feel that I've been wrong all along...we know several extraordinarily gifted kids who came back with very subpar results, and our kid does not like to answer questions and feels she's doing something wrong if she gets something incorrect, then shuts down completely and refuses to "play" (certainly part of her issue in this school setting, but wouldn't help her on a test, either).
We have asked for an evaluation...at the beginning of the school year, the AG teacher asked us to send all materials related to our kid. We did. She did a pre-assessment on the first day of school, then told us she would review her further at some point in the next two weeks. Radio silence after that. At the PTC, this is where we learned that DD answered the "teen" questions incorrectly...in our state, there are zero AG services for kids who aren't working at least 2 grade levels advanced in all subjects, so obviously the AG teacher felt that she no longer needed to be assessed because she was working at K level, not 2nd grade, and thus it was dropped.
They have told us that they would look at our testing if we did it, but that they would do their own for the official report. We can reapply for gifted services at the beginning of 1st grade.
