Hi Jeni,
It sounds as if your daughter�s present teacher is pro-active and aware of gifted needs. She may also be familiar with the difficulties many gifted children encounter in a regular classroom. The judgments that the previous teachers made are quite classic which may be obvious to her as well. I don�t think you should mention the past issues unless they arise in her classroom also.
My inference regarding your mention of the CSI is that your school uses the Terra-Nova. My kids take the full blown version each year. I like that it is nationally normed and hasn�t been watered-down to �meet� NCLB standards. Your daughter�s scores DEFINITELY warrant above level testing! I agree with Dottie that the EXPLORE test results are very useful.
Here is a link to EXPLORE and ACT college readiness benchmarks.
http://www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/benchmarks.pdfIf your daughter meets these 8th grade benchmarks already, you may want to seriously consider a grade jump. Since I found this, I am second guessing our decision to keep our son in his present grade. Anyways, it really puts things in perspective!
Welcome to the forum!
Diana
