A kid w/ a 125 IQ (again, not saying this is your son) can still be very bored in the wrong environment. It all depends on where the class is taught to and what the peers are like. I've also been told by a teacher that the top 20% of most classes, could stand to be accelerated to the next grade.
In my son's case, you might look at his IQ scores and think, hhmm, he just needs a little differentiation. Well, our district is not known for his critical thinking at the elementary level...more reminds of a factory. My son thrives on critical thinking and being stretched. I don't think accelerating him a grade level would have done much good...it would have been slightly higher content but delivered in the exact same way. he needed DIFFERENT. So not saying this is what is going on with your child, but just to emphasize, don't let them get hung up on his IQ score...afterall, it might not be an accurate reflection of him. And if he's been underchallenged and is losing his spark, you're not going to get stellar achievement scores either.
Yes, this is such an interesting point. I think the problem is that I live in Lake Woe-Be-Gone if you catch my drift, where every kid is above average. On their side, more than half of the parents have advanced degrees and the kids are clearly bright. Of course, a masters degree doesn't translate directly to critical thinking and that might be part of the issue. Questioning whether the curriculum meets a child's needs just isn't done and differentiation is just not going to happen. So, I guess I haven't been completely honest with myself. The grade skip would be partly to make it easier on ME. If I fought for harder work, it would be a daily battle and all the other parents would want to know what was going on. Moving him up a grade would be a one time thing and people would get a chance to forget about it.I tried talking to the teacher once about how he was working at a higher math level at home and she said, "I'm not comfortable talking about this." I'm afraid that pushing the issue would turn me into a pariah or worse, DS!
In addition, the school emphasizes that all of the kids here are smart and therefore, my son, no matter what his IQ, should be fine in a regular class. Unfortunately, bless his heart, with a full scale of 118, I have no leg to stand on to get him harder work.
