OK, so this is what I am afraid of (stealing from another thread...I think these were MON's words):
"Especially if they went into school with high expectations. Lots of our high ability kids go in eager to be finally going to that place where everyone learns. But it's not what they envision and by about November, it can become unbearable for them. While most kids are adjusting to following rules, learning to color in letters and match sounds, sight words and number sense, our kids are learning to adjust to day after day of pretending to find kindergarten stimulating."
DeeDee, that is a good point about making sure the scores are current when we need them. But I guess I just feel like if she did need greater differentiation or a skip, but doesn't get it in the next few years, it could be damaging. She also seems like a child who might bomb the gifted screener because she won't understand why she is being asked such easy questions. I don't want to project my own experience, but I know I could have used acceleration or a skip but I didn't show that in any way to my parents or teachers. But on the other hand...maybe it wouldn't hurt to just wait another year and re-evaluate.
Re: the $--does that seem like a reasonable cost?
