Well, we do Aleks, and I just had him do an assessment and he is currently about 90% done with 4th grade (he got stuck a bit on long division and multiplication and some decimal stuff).
My preference would be for them to let him do self paced math (like Aleks or CTY), but I think that is highly unlikely ("but it wouldn't be fair to the other kids to let him use the computer when they don't. . ."). My fear with either a one or two year skip is that the pacing will still be an issue, and that is where he gets most frustrated and comes home just so angry (and this is a happy guy). I'd be happy with a one year skip, to see how it goes, but honestly I think by September he will def. be ready for 5th grade math (2 years) and then they will start raising the "but he really isn't very mature" issue.
I never thought about showing them an Aleks assessment - maybe I could have him take the 5th grade assessment to see how he does there as well - it seems to me that if he knows 90% of the 4th grade material and some healthy amount of 5th grade, that would be convincing. . . of course, I am assuming they are rational actors. . .
Thanks for your suggestions. Cat
