Thank you for all the weigh-ins!
To make myself clear, the SB L-M would be for my own benefit; since his current school doesn�t care about his current test results, I don�t expect they�d care if I came back with a paper that said he had two heads that were both 200+ IQs! It�s more that, as gratified says, I�d like to know whether with his WPPSI scores he�s 1/1000, 1/10,000, or 1/20,000. I�m pretty sure he�s closer to the 1/1000 level, but knowing where he falls would give me a little more drive to decide whether a grade skip is truly called for.
The other thing is that people don�t understand that you can�t get amazing numbers on the newer IQ tests and are still looking for those 170s and 180s. It�s frustrating when people think, �Oh, 148 isn�t that high� when it truly is. But even the school doesn�t seem to understand what his numbers mean, and it�s possible (though unlikely) that an older, more familiar scale would have more impact. Still, the SB L-M would be for my planning benefit. I don�t think I�ll actually do it, but I�m still pondering.
Dottie: I haven�t given up on school yet, and I�m cautiously hopeful. His father wants to sit down for one more meeting with the principal before we send out letter. I, however, don�t see the benefit in this; she�s already said no once, and her knee-jerk reaction is going to be no again. I�d rather avoid that and send the letter, so at least she�d have to think about it for a while. I�ve agreed to set up a meeting to sit down with her, explain our position, and give her our letter at that meeting. Anyone else have any input on this? We�re asking for first-grade math pull-outs and a start to the Iowa Acceleration Scale per the letter I posted a few weeks ago.
Kriston: The teacher is an interesting case. This is her first year as a K teacher, but she�s taught first grade before. She�s said several times that academically, he�s certainly ready for first grade or higher, but his �organizational� skills aren�t there. And what even more interesting to me is that she�s gotten quieter and quieter in our meetings as the semester has progressed � which makes me think that she is starting to agree with me and ex-h but doesn�t want to say it when the principal is against acceleration. In any case, for right now, I think we�re going to work at home with the Singapore Maths (which I�m really liking too) with a reward for finishing the books. I know he could finish this 1A one in about 3 days without any real effort, so we�ll employ a little bribery to get him to get him going. I bet he could be through the 2B by the end of the school year at least, because he knows it � just not in the format they�re asking. It�s about teaching directions and such, not the actual math.
Grinity: That�s a good idea, to wait to hear from DYS before pursuing the SB L-M, and I would probably do that anyway since we�ll hear back in the next few weeks. I�ve looked at scope and sequence (or at least general curriculum, is that the same?) for his district, and I believe he�s at least at the second-grade level with a few holes here and there.
Anyway, thanks again, all. I love having a community that I can bounce these ideas off of! To start, no one else that I know would have the slightest clue what I was talking about if I said SB L-M!
