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The procedures for evaluating a child for learning disabilities include assessing current levels of intellectual functioning and achievement.

If those results show no areas of disability, and also show that current levels of achievement and intellectual functioning are very high, then you suddenly have the data you need for a gradeskip.

But, based on my experiences with a PG 2-E child, I wouldn't hold my breath about the school system either recognizing what the results mean or being willing to take appropriate action. But the nice thing about having the school evaluate is that they might do a great job and figure out just what your child needs, but if they do a bad job of it and you disagree with the results of their evaluation, they have to provide you with an independent educational evaluation with the qualified evaluator of your choice at public expense, so your child has some safeguards against incompetence or inexperience.