It's weird, how these little gains are so big for these little 2E folk and how educators just don't get it!
I know the 81st percentile does not indicate giftedness, but that much of a gain in 1 year, imo, does. Now he just needs exposure to higher levels of math to see if the spikes even higher. I believe that it will. His conceptual ability in math is phenomenal. It's the rote memory that kicks him in the pants when he's doing the calculations. I think the dysgraphia is why he doesn't like to write things out even when he can just do stuff on scratch paper, which was provided. He just relies on his head.
I think we'll see that spike as we hone the accomodations and coach him a bit on test taking skills.
