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Wheeee! They finally came!!! And oddly enough his English score jumped WAY up -- I never thought that would happen.... LOL But he got into the 20s, which was my "cutoff" for moving on to the ACT, so we're done with the Explore! Yay!

Awsome, Erica

I am new to this area and trying to learn about this issue of giftedness. We have always though our son (4th grade) was pretty smart, but he just got back his NUMATS / Explore results and he had a composite of 19 and his lowest area was an 18. It sounds like that score is pretty good, but now what? I suddenly feel like I need to take some action, but I haven't figured out what the appropriate next steps should be. I feel like the person shaking off the denial above. Any advise is appreciated!

Thanks for your feedback. He is not receiving anything special at all and attends regular 4th grade classes. His 3rd grade teacher said she thought he was really bright and suggested we look into it further so that encouraged us to sign him up for the Explore test. His current teacher has told us �he is doing fine� so she just kind of lets him skate through without pushing him. He says school is boring and easy so I guess that makes a lot of sense now! I though he was just complaining.

The only things we have done at home � other than making sure they do their homework � is nightly reading together as a family and we have done some basic math games but that is about it. I am feeling that I have been a little naive about his abilities.

Back to work Dottie!

Thanks. I guess my next step is to talk to the school and see what our options are as well as outside alternatives.