Thanks very much for the help!!!
Update:
We just came out of a 10am meeting that we had with the superintendent. It turns out that he really gets it and understands that for 'bright++' kids in class differentiation just does not reach them. He wanted to set up a gifted program in the district that includes differentiation and so is thrilled that DD is in the district because she has such strong numbers - he is very data driven so the excepts from some of the papers you all provided along with others I managed to cobble together this AM carried the day. He will present the facts that we shared to the school board to try to get the ball rolling. In the interim DD will need to sit a state wide 3rd grade test for Maths just to allay any fears about gaps there.
Bottom line: It was a very positive experience and while DD doesn't have an acceleration 'in the bag' we are a lot closer to it than we had dared hope!
Thanks again for all of your help and support with this.
Last edited by madeinuk; 06/27/13 08:30 AM.
