Not exactly, but we just applied in Dec and were given 6 months to submit more portfolio items. I asked a few questions and got some helpful answers as far as what they're looking for.
For what we submitted initially, I guess I was thinking it should be stuff she did spontaneously on her own. They said that kind of thing is very helpful of course, but if the child doesn't have much they've already done, you can assign them something to do. They said if we could get, for example, a workbook at or above 3rd grade level (she's in K) and give her that to work on, it could be helpful. They said videos of the child talking about an interest could be very helpful.
So, that's what we've been doing this month- DD hasn't been the most cooperative with being on video but it's actually better than I expected. I've felt a little weird giving her 5th, 6th & 7th grade reading passages and comprehension tests since I wouldn't normally do that, but she's surprising even me with how well she's doing with that.
We also took some video of her talking about something that interests her (black holes.) The first try didn't go so well and she lapsed into unintelligible baby-talk which is what she tends to do when she's uncomfortable. So we had her draw and write a bit of what she wanted to say, and told her to use that to show the camera on our next try and talk about what she made. That went better.
We also have some video of her working several grade levels ahead on EPGY in both math & language arts, which we signed her up for around the time we applied for DYS. They had told us a video of her working through her math is a lot more helpful than just a completed worksheet. So, on the video I'm asking her to explain how she figured out each problem. (Which she was also not super cooperative with but at least you can see that she's doing the work, and doing it quickly.)
So... I'd say you should write to DYS and ask them if they recommend a new portfolio or new achievement testing. It does seem to me like they're looking to see the child is already working 2-3 years ahead at a minimum, not just that they have the potential to do that. If you go the portfolio route, give her some assignments to complete that are at least 3 years ahead of grade level and keep going higher until she's no longer successful.
