My 8 year old son just finished 2nd grade. He goes to a private school which is a bit advanced when compared to the local public schools.
Near the end of every school year, they administer the Iowa standardized test to all students.
That's the one where the student's score is ranked against all students in that grade in the nation.
Last year the results stated that he scored higher than 99% of all 1st graders in the nation.
I knew he was smart but figured it was a fluke or something.
This year's results?
He scored higher than 99% of all second graders in the nation. Two years in a row aint no fluke.
I checked into the test a little bit, near as I can tell the score he recieved is the highest score they give out. For all I know he could have gotten the highest test score in the nation.
here's a quote from the web site:
"Percentile Rank (
PR)
A student's percentile rank is a score that tells the percent of students in a particular group that got lower raw scores on a test than the student did. It shows the student's relative position or rank in a group of students who are in the same grade and who were tested at the same time of year (fall, midyear, or spring) as the student. ............... Percentile ranks range from 1 to 99."
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/itp/itbs/
The school has suggested that instead of third grade next year they put him in 5th to see if he can handle it. I said nope, not yet. The risk would outweigh the reward.
Now, which is better; MIT or Caltech? No liberal arts for this kid.