I also have three children, aged 9, 6 and almost 5. The other two are very intelligent, possibly gifted as well but not as obviously 'out there' as Sophie appears to be.
I wouldn't have her jump a grade because she's small for her age as it is (and *very* sensitive about it...). I want her in with children her own age but it would be nice to have *something* for her as, like I said, she's very unique and I can tell how hard she wants to be like the other kids. She does finally have one friend who is extremely intelligent but finding friends has been difficult.
When you say that tfurther testing should be done for those in the top 95%, were you referring to the top 5% of their *total* score or if they scored in mostly the top 5%? Because, as ridiculous as this is, if you factor in the one problem that Sophie got wrong on vocabulary, that would bring her entire test result score down to I believe below the 95th. I haven't had a chance to look into it yet. Have been busy with the kids here putting on a lip synch show for me.
PA sounds so much better than MA as far as gifted ed goes. From what I've heard and read, Massachusetts is probably the worst state for g/t. You wouldn't think so with all of the great schools (Harvard, MIT, Dartmouth, etc.) but it is.
Last year, Sophie's teacher wanted to have Sophie tested but it never happened. There was no follow through. Noone thought it was important enough. I'm not sure how to proceed here or if there's even anything that I can do. I seem to keep hitting a brick wall with this.
-Ellen
