Thank you all. Lots to think about. I have created a document which outlines giftedness (per the sites mentioned so often here), links to sites that discuss outcomes of acceleration (not just full grade acceleration, but others as well), information about the Iowa Acceleration Scale, documents which help parents see pros and cons to acceleration, etc, and emailed it to the others who will be determining the program. We have had a couple of kids accelerated, but there was no procedure, just a lot of parental and teacher discussion. The idea that we can have a step by step "how to" gives comfort to the school employees.
