My son has scores just like this. Why bother trying to grade skip? Keep stimulating him. Does your school have a gifted program? Ours starts in 4th grade- my son is in 2nd grade. He's bored but not catatonic.
So much of success in life is how happy you are and how well you interact with others, esp. for a job. So many kids who grade-skip long-term have some social issues. I always wonder, wouldn't you have been better off being the smartest (and most well-adjusted) kid in your class, rather than being bright, not the smartest, and socially a misfit when you grade skip.
My son is a well-adjusted, happy, athletic child in a large and loving family. He gets along with his siblings, friends, and older family members. He's respectful and fun to be around. We have no tv and limit computer use and have a great home library so he has plenty of opportunities to read and pursue his interests. He plays piano, studies a foreign language (Russian--we live abroad for 4 years and he did learn to read in Russian so we are doing what we can to keep that going), and competes in swimming--so I think I can say we keep him engaged and challenged at home.
The problem is the 7 hours he spends in school. For him, school can sometimes be fun (he likes recess, gym and generally paling around) and interesting (he's not a gifted writer and his teacher is a great writing instructor so he's learning something there.) but for most of the academic time he is bored out of his gourd.
I don't actually want to accelerate him to another grade--we went around that tree in first grade and we resisted. In both first and second grade he went to the next grade for math. Now that he is in third grade in a new school, he is going through third grade math again, which was a slog the first time around. The teacher is insisting she can differentiate but so far 1/5 of the way into the school year she hasn't.
Before I received these results, I was trying to push to get him into the fourth grade math class but I no longer see the point. He needs something else entirely. Frankly, I don't think it is too much to expect that if he is going to spend 7 hours a day in school he might learn something new in literature, science, math and social studies.
I'm quoting from the assessment report here:
Mathematical Reasoning: GLE: 11.3 "Mathematical Reasoning tasks below the grade level 8.1 would be quite easy for him and above 15.0 would be too difficult."
Academic Knowledge: GLE: 9.0 "When compared to others in his grade, Txx will find some difficulty with tasks requiring knowledge in the sciences, history, geography, government, economics, art, music and literature above a grade level of 11.9"
This is why I am worried. I know on this board most parents have read similar or more extreme reports about their kids. So I came here hoping to hear from people who have BTDT. I hate to sound so defensive, but I have to say I was surprised to read the post above on a board like this.
I am reminded of my conversation with our community's new school superintendent who told me my son needed to focus on social skills (she had never met my son or heard of him--this was her take on gifted kids in general) being on time and getting some physical activity in the school day. Really? The school has him for 7 hours 5 days a week. Can they please teach him some math?
