Hi there,
Dottie alluded to this timing issue in an earlier post on SCAT. We plan to have our DS (nearly 8) take this. He is currently in second grade.
Is there a reason to have him wait until later in spring to test? But will the extra 5-6 months likely change his score. I'm not having him tested for awards or anything like that (that is fine of course, but not the reason we are doing it), but more to have some evidence to back me up when I go to the school to ask for subject acceleration in math. It looks unlikely we will get it mid-year, although we are having him IQ tested soon (I hope) so our opinion might change after we get that back. But I would like to be in a position to ask for him to start in 4th grade math when he starts 3rd grade next year (the fact he didn't know all his times tables seemed to be a big issue for the school, even though he can do basic alegebra and is strong in geometry, so he has been allowed to play Timez Attack for a bit each evening and that has taken care of that - math facts don't hold alot of interest for him).
Thanks, Cat
