I am very new to this so please excuse me if some of my questions have been asked before...haven't had time to read through the archive.

Background-my son, who is now 4yr 7 m, qualified for our town's special ed preschool at 3 years. He pretty much did not use more than 2 word phrases until after 3 years. At the same time, he began to read (was/still is obssessed w/ the alphabet). His expressive speech quickly progressed to age-appropriate and for this last yr of preschool, he lost his speech services, though I always felt something wasn't right. Fast forward to present day...he has been undergoing evaluations as part of his 'exit' from preschool. The special ed committee didn't think he would qualify for services in K but wanted to see the test results first. Also, he has a late birthday (8/8 w/ K cutoff 10/1) and I was contemplating keeping him in preschool for social reasons (tantrums, low frustration) but knew that his reading was now about 1st grade level (though we have not 'worked' on it). Anyway, his social worker just called me to say that she was going to recommend keeping him classified since there was such a wide discrepancy in his WJIII scores...which made me feel a little better about sending him to K since I felt that there wasn't much he was going to gain academically in preschool.

Here are his WJIII Scores:
Oral language ext-97
Oral Expression-107
Listening Comp-91
Brief Achievement-142
Brief Reading-164
Basic Reading-165
Math/Applied Problems-119
Academic Knowledge-107

There are more scores for subsets (in the 115-162 range) but most significant was a 77 in Understanding Directions (wow...could explain a lot w/ his behaviors!)

So, here are some of my questions-
-Is he considered gifted or do those scores for reading/reading skills just reflect being an early reader?

-Given his history of speech delay, does the big discrepancy betwen his oral scores, even though within the 'average' range, and his achievement score mean that he's possibly twice-exceptional?

-Should I consider having more testing done privately? If so, should I wait?

-What questions should I ask at his upcoming IEP meeting? I'm not even clear about the G/T program in this town, but I'm pretty sure it does not start in elementary school.

Thank you for reading through this and if there is any advice, I so appreciate it!