Early Entrance

Process:

The Iowa Acceleration Scale is used by the team.

Parent(s) should complete the Early Entrance Referral Form and Permission to Test: Forms available in district or the county form is available here. Recommended by March 30th.

Please email or send the form to the Gifted Coordinator for the district. This will begin the process of collecting the information that is required of the IAS.

When the collection is complete, the principal will schedule a meeting to go over the IAS with the team, which includes the parents. The team makes a recommendation to accelerate to Kindergarten or wait. Acceleration to Kindergarten is accompanied y a Written Acceleration Plan (WAP) with a transition period built in--typically the first 9 weeks.

During the process, it is a good idea to move forward with Pre-K registration plans as the safety net.