Thank you, Ashley. I need to research the tests more because I am worried about him hitting the ceiling of the subtests.
I am a former teacher and have a lot of friends in the system still, which is a great asset for us (sort of, they don't know what to think about our DS, they cannot believe his ability and worry about his education as well).
I've read over the new standards online. He's definitely in the 1st grade range for reading, math and writing. He's suddenly obsessed with inventive spelling and writing stories. So as far as early K being appropriate-probably not but what else can I do? Where will he be when he's in K and 1st? 3rd grade level?
My basis for early K is: those early years are so critical for social skills, I am worried about total, complete boredom, thus behavioral issues. Also, this could help reduce chances of grade skipping. Some of my teacher friends just say, "Let him enter K at 5.5 because you are not going to get him in early and then they will skip him to first." I just feel like, can't this kid get one good year of social fun before the insanity of begging for differientation and talking about grade skipping begin?
Since you have time until you make a decision regarding K, you can consider some things which I wish I had known before we embarked on our short lived journey into PS (in our excellent school district): how your child will cope with boredom in the classroom caused by being under challenged, how his work ethic and his outlook toward schools and teachers will be affected by how advanced he is, will he try to "blend in" with his peers in order to fit in?
Some schools like ours offer a mixed 1st grade-K class for the advanced K'ers - but that was inadequate to meet our needs as well. But, since you have friends in the system, maybe you could try to see if radical differentiation is possible?
ETA: As for your question: "How do the results help us in everyday life?" - I was laid back about DS's education until I tested him. As a parent, lot of the things that I had been seeing in him started to make sense. The results told me that he was capable of doing a lot more than I was asking of him.
