We did need the IQ scores and the manual at that time stated that you should not consider a skip unless the child was at least two SDs above the mean
I've got what I think is the 2003 version of the form, and no version at all of the manual, so I'm probably not the person to ask.
The version of the IAS we used also said that without the IQ data, you couldn't even fill out the form.
Because our school district is indifferent to the IAS, I didn't feel any particular need to use it the "right" way. Something to consider, sure. But for me personally, saying "I'm going to take as a given that she meets the IQ threshold" was good enough. (I am not a very good rule-follower!)
I do also understand that the newest version of the IAS will take a CogAT in lieu of IQ. Is that the case on the form you are using?
No, it's shown as supplemental. But I think I have the 2003 form.
I've also seen the success level vary rather significantly locally from kid to kid & they often do skip kids here w/out the ability data. I don't know if this plays into the success from one kid to the next or not, though.
Yeah, I don't know, either. When I was talking to the person in our district who's in charge of skips, I asked what the process was for reversing it in case it wasn't successful, and she said they'd never had a case of a kid passing the proficiency testing and not being successful in the higher grade.
If DD had not had to prove that she'd already mastered the 2nd grade curriculum better than a kid who'd actually passed 2nd grade would have been required to, I probably would have "followed the rules" for the IAS more. I really used it more as a "is this likely to be successful socially" guide than a "is this likely to be successful academically" guide.
