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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the language you used, it appears that you are at a private school - I am not sure what state - possibly NY(?).  Have you considered other private schools?  Seeing what your local public might offer?

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The kids are all in public school.  DD is already in the gifted & talented program since 2nd grade but that's only one day a week. It turns out last year's teacher suggested this and this year's teacher, after watching DD for the past month, agrees.  Last year's teacher never once raised the issue with us though.  We can not afford private school. We're in a good school district, and it seems like the teachers have been trying to gve DD as challenging work as they can find time for. [/quote]

I would demand a complete evaluation from your school districts psychologists.  Do not accept Cogat or Olsat.  Get a real IQ score and achievement scores from the WJ-III ach.  This will hopefully mitigate any pitfalls of the skip like any hidden twice exceptionalities.

You do not need "gifted" scores to skip, but if she has them look into Davidson Young Scholars (IQ 140+), 4th grade Explore testing (Duke TIP), EPGY enrollment, Johns Hopkins CTY (SCAT testing), prep for AMC 8 competition, and summer programs at JHU, Stanford, Duke, and many more.  This kind of stuff will keep her challenged with or without the skip.[/quote]

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