I guess I sound like a complete loser for not doing it before now but I think in part it is not knowing if she is really gifted or just an early and advanced reader and also because she was reasonably happy doing art and having trouble making friends. She doesn't like to write very much so we would have to work on that quite a bit for any grade skipping to be practical. I don't think the district offers testing since there isn't a gifted program until 5th grade and I spoke to a mom at a different school in the district who had done private testing and it didn't seem to make a difference for them. I am counting on this principal being more open to accomodations as we go through school but who knows. I suppose testing would give me the confidence that she is actually gifted and how much I need to push (her school, not her) at this age. I don't know. I am guessing she is MG or HG but I don't know. Its quite expensive to do private testing isn't it?
