Thanks kec & Mam,
That's a great idea about going back to the tester after the admissions letters are sent out. I didn't know about the age window as it relates to scoring. Is it the same for the WISC & should I calculate that into when he will be tested next year?
I was also wondering if it was possible to substitute his symbol search score (17) for his coding score (14) and whether that would put him over the 150 hump for DYS?
As far as Achievement testing goes, which tests do folks recommend for a 6-7 yr old? Are there pros & cons?
Finally re: schools, unfortunately we live in CA that has a structure for gifted ed, but no funding. So there are in effect no gifted services. Right now we have our DS (first use!) in a small public school in an intellectual community, so they do a lot of differentiation. But saying that, it is clearly insufficient. The K teacher when explaining Math asks for input from everyone except my son because she knows he knows it already. He checks out large tomes on Ancient Egypt from the school library and is dismayed when his carpool mates don't want to share & only want to look at their picture books of "doggies & kitties".
We are hopeful about the private school as it draws from a broad swath of the area and is very progressive. We think he will do fine there, (but we need to get in first!).
Thanks so much for all your ideas and comments! Keep them coming, I'm getting a lot out of it, not to mention the support you all are providing.
Best!
