I am very new to Singapore Math, but 2 weeks in eith DS7(1st grade doing 2A) playing around I'm very impressed! They are really laid out so he can jump right in and feel very confident(and he is typically not a super confident kid) and is breezing through the exercises with no encouragement or intervention.
I am also fighting an internal battle over whether or not to get DS further tested. He scored above a PR 99 on the NNAT in kindergarten and he did hit the ceiling on the test. The "numbers geek" in me would love more data. But the longer I wait, the less compelled I feel to do it. As time marches on, it becomes more obvious with what we're dealing with, and I'm feeling less like the need to get an exact number to go with it. I know it certainly wouldn't help our school situation. They don't even care about the GT test THEY gave. We could potentially apply to DYS if DS was tested, but that doesn't seem like enough reason to go spend the money. We actually live quite close to Dr. Ruf (
http://www.educationaloptions.com/), and I would just LOVE to have her get into DS's psyche just because I know she is so great in this arena.
But unless we see a real compelling reason to get him further tested (i.e. an opportunity for easier acceleration or entry into a gifted school, or even perhaps helping out DH's gifted denial!), we'll probably pass. I also was never tested as a child, so I have no number to compare it to! That would be interesting ... I guess I have no advice - just commiserating.
