It is early in the year. If they give 4s now they can't show evidence of improvement at the end of the year. And like the PP said they can't grade them above level if they don't test above level. If they only check whether a kid can count to 10 them that they can count to 1000 doesn't show up. Ours are under standard (more than a year below), at standard (within a year) or above standard (more than a year above). It makes no difference if you are one or 4 years above as far as reporting goes.