I thought about your answers and my questions a bit, and I realized that what I really need to figure out is - how does one "prove" that their child needs the higher level work when he or she, as many other kids (big percentage of this school is labelled gifted) are already getting top grades, and there is no more testing such as Cogat or Iowa? The EOG's are coming up, but I can't remember that they were very helpful. I might see if I can find one from last year.