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Rachelle - The answer to that is yes and no. He was tested at age 3 1/2 through our old school district due to a lot of behavior issues that we thought might be ADHD. Come to find out they considered him an adorable delightful little boy who participated in everything they did more than willingly though he did make noises the ENTIRE time, lol.

As a part of the testing they did the DAS-II (Differential Abiities Scale 2nd edition Upper Level Early Years) and here were his scores(Standard Score and percentile):
GCA (General Conceptual Ability) 137 99%
Verbal 143 99.8%
Nonverbal Reasoning 128 97%
Spatial 120 90%

My problem is what does this mean? Not sure how it relates to a FSIQ test and obviously there wasn't an achievement test either.
Our school district basically says that if they are performing above grade average they don't test them. Is this accurate? Not sure if I spoke with the correct person but I do plan on having another meeting with the principal just to give him the old report.

I spoke with a psychologist on Monday of this week and his general opinion is this: If the school won't help him then we should definitely get him tested privately and get an education plan written up for him that we can approach the school with. If they will work with him now then I should just request an achievement test from them so we can get him working at the appropriate level. The person I spoke with at the school district mentioned getting a Student Study Team (SST) in place and the psych. said he was very impressed that they were willing to do that without him being a problem in class. He says it's a good sign, so we'll see how that goes. I'm supposed to call her back this week but not sure when I'll have a chance, I did mention it to his K teacher though and she was going to call and see about getting that in place.

So long story short (haha...) if the school will help you without testing being done that's fine. If not and they won't test (not sure if they have to or not if they are 'ahead') then it's definitely worth getting it done on your own. Hopefully you can find someplace cheaper then where I called - $1000 would get testing done (iq and achievement) and a detailed report but that's about it.