Thanks for all the responses!
Why would you and why would you not want to move her up?
The reason I would is her obvious brightness. I'm not sure what the name of the system they use for reading is, but she can read a level 50... the literacy specialist said she scored a 99% on a level 40 and could decode the level 50, but her comprehension was lower. There is not one other student in her class who can read. Not even a level one. I think she would enjoy actually LEARNING something, rather than just being there, you know?
As far as not doing it.... it's all the social and emotional aspects. She's very easily frustrated. For example, the 1st grade teacher sent home a packet of things the students have been doing, to give me an idea of what is going on. DD could spell every word on every spelling list they've had... but when we tried a worksheet that involved putting the spelling words into the correctly shaped boxes she started crying because she doesn't know how to make a lower case "u" yet (the school uses D'Neilian, I've taught her the stick and ball way. whoops) Do I want to put her in a situation that would frustrate her THAT much? She really seems to enjoy K and has made friends... do I want to take her away from that? I realize she would make new friends, but the way the school is set up, she wouldn't see her K friends. Also, I KNOW this is not a decision making factor, but she would be two years younger than a lot of her friends... two years makes a big difference at this age.
How have you all gone about getting your kids tested? Have your schools done it or have you had to do it privately? Does insurance cover that? Our school counselor has a call into the county, who does the testing, but she hasn't heard back. I recently found out our school is one of the lower income schools in the district, which I didn't know, but we also test the highest in the district, so I guess they are doing something right.
Oh, and there is a little boy in the other K class that they are also trying to accelerate. Apparently he is reading on a 1st grade level and slightly above the Kindergarteners in math. In other words, he is much lower than DD in reading, and math as well. I don't understand why they are pushing him, too. I am in no way saying that he isn't eligible... I really have no clue. I just find it weird that they haven't accelerated a K student in at least 8 years, so they don't have a lot of experience with it, and are pushing for it with two completely different students this year.
Wow... I obviously need to talk this out! This ended up a lot longer than I thought it would!
