Wow Penkase!
You have done a great job of advocating for your dd! Congradulations.
don't worry about the testing all being done in 1 week - it won't be! LoL - that's just not how schools do things. It's good that they are 'aiming' for one week. And if they actually pull it off, I have no doubt that your daughter will show up just fine. Really, the IAS has lots of room for 'bad days' etc.
Do prepare her that the questions are made for all kinds of aged people, and that there are some that Adults would find tricky. I would say that it's more like a 'Urine test' she gets at the doctors to know more about her than a school test to see what she has learned, but that would frighten some kids. See if you can find some concrete examples of the two meaning of the word 'test.'
The only thing that I would check with the school would be specifically to see which grade level of ITBS they are going to use. Hopefully they understand the IAS, and the idea of above level tests, but it is kind of tricky. I hope they aren't planning to give her a Kindy level, then a 1st grade level, then a 2nd grade level, or Kindy only. Sometimes school get crazy about 'gaps!' and want to be sure that the child has 'every blessed thing' that a kindy child would learn. The gaps are what make a single skip workable!
Next step is the fine art of 'discipline of parental emotions.' Remember all that about living in the moment. and having the courage to change what you can and the serenity to accept what you can't and wisdom, etc? Your job over the next few weeks is to live in the moment, and let the future take care of itself. Sort of compare it to going through a long tunnel during a trip where you aren't sure of the directions. You're lost, you feel insecure, you are excited that about what is coming next, but for now, the only thing to do is keep driving safely at a steady pace. Try to allow yourself to have a few brief moments of excitement/nerves while you are posting here (and post every day if you need to) and then (try) to act as though nothing whatsoever unusual is going on during the rest of the day.
Try to 'fake it until you make it' an attitude of 'one way or another this issue will be fixed in plenty of time, so for now lets just have some fun and play in-the-car games.' One of the great things about being a parent is that we can do amazing things on behalf of our kids that we couldn't have done for ourselves, and what your DD needs right now is for you to act like this is all perfectly normal, and somewhat interesting, and that you are confident that she and all the grown ups will play their roles just right.
Weird, huh?
Grinity
