Thanks Mia for showing me the ins and outs of the IAS point system. Your explanation is very useful to see how the points are determined. I'm pretty sure that if they went through the IAS, then they were just going through the motions. Maybe they decided after seeing the WISC-IV results that an acceleration was a done deal already? Although, DS's second grade teacher was part of the IAS process and she was definitely going to bat for him, since the acceleration was her idea to begin with. I don't know. The only thing I remember is that they seemed to imply that a 1 on the IAS meant he was an excellent candidate, and a 2 meant that he was a good candidate. But the thing that made me extremely suspicious was that I remember the gifted instructor giving us DS's above level science score at the acceleration meeting. And then suddenly "poof", it didn't exists any more six months later? Go figure.
Ah, the joys of running in circles with the school administrators!
