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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 1st grader is one of the oldest in her class, but missed the K cut off date last year due to a mid October birthday. She is now being referred to high-cap services and is reading at 3-4th grade level. My husband wants her to skip a grade, thinks we should at least have her in high-cap 2nd grade, where most kids will still be around her age, she would just be the youngest vs one of the oldest. Is this something worth asking for or should we just leave it be? FWIW, she is ahead in math and other skills as well.[/quote]

Absolutely not.

While it is a wonderful thing, reading 2-3 grade levels above grade-level is not that exceptional.  Allow her to access gifted services, but do not advance her grade.[/quote]

+1 to everyone saying that "reading level" is low average, and that being an "advanced" reader in early elementary has almost zero correlation with actual giftedness. Reading level at this age is enormously variable and means very very little, other than assessing which kids were in a literacy-rich environment in preK.

When you look at "grade level," you are looking at the benchmark that every kid is supposed to cross for that year. So it is set up to be attainable even for kids who came into kindergarten with zero preliteracy skills. Being well above that bar is wonderful, and hopefully your daughter goes onto a lifetime of loving to read, but it does not tell you anything about how she will perform past about third grade. [/quote]

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