frannieandejsmom, from their website:
"The Iowa Acceleration Scale is a tool to help schools make effective decisions regarding a grade-skip.
The IAS guides a child study team (including educators, teachers, parents, and other professionals) through a discussion of the academic and social characteristics of the student.
The IAS provides:
A more objective look at the student;
An analysis of the major factors to be considered in making a decision;
Guidelines for weighting the relative importance of the major factors;
Documentation of the student�s strengths and concerns
A numerical range to guide the discussion and decision of acceleration; and,
A standard of comparison with students who have had successful accelerations."
