I want to talk to someone at the middle school he will be attending and I feel like I need 'proof' to get him into accelerated classes in certain subjects without grade skipping. I'm very uncomfortable with grade skipping.
Thanks!
Congratulations on your son's scores nkh74!
Dottie's post is very good advice - the college admissions tests, ACT and SAT are very good things to have 'in hand' when trying to talk to middle school folks. The scores also come back rather quickly (not sure, but I think about a month) which cuts down the wait time.
I wasn't exactly clear on your goal above. Are you trying to get your son into classes normally offered to fast-paced 6th graders that eventually cover more than one years 'standard material' in one years time (accelerated) - Or - Are you trying to get your son into classes normally offered to 7th graders, which we call 'subject acceleration' - sort of a 'little sister' to full grade acceleration.
The great thing about (some) middle schools, is that groups of students no longer migrate through their classes together, so if the schedule can be worked out, it is so much easier to take '6th grade science, 7th grade Language Arts, and 8th grade Math.' This gets even easier in High School. This can work very nicely without a full grade skip for many children in many situations.
Of course you want to make sure that the classes he subject accelerates into are for the strongest grouping of kids available, to get with the pace and the social connections. So one can subject accelerate into an accelerated class! See?
I'd also recommend you read
A Nation Decieved because it lists lots of other ways that school can be enriched for strong students. You can download it immediately - and it's free!
Good preparation for any school meeting.
Good luck! Please let us know how things turn out!
Grinity
