I thought the questions were easy for a rising 6th grader. I think his IQ might be a little bit higher, but not a lot since he does struggle with reasoning, social and self-care skills, language delay,etc. I would love to hear how your son's IQ has improved if you'd care to share. You may pm if you want. I would love to hear what kind of materials you used for remediation,especially for math and reading comprehension. We use both Singapore (just finished 5A) for concepts,and CLE for drill and computation. For reading and vocabulary I'm totally lost! He has troubles especially with inferences , but he can read the words very well.

If you have used CAT test from Christian Liberty press, do you find it to be accurate to reflect the level on your student's performance? My rising 6th grader just tested today and got surprisingly high results, even in reading comprehension and vocabulary,which he struggles with. He also struggles with Math concepts,critical thinking\ reasoning,yet he scored at 8.1 (87%) and 8.8 in computation (95%). In spelling he scored 11.0 (96%) and language 13.1 (98%) . He has speech and language delay, mild autism,and his IQ last year was only 73. Are CAT tests too easy,or did we work too hard this year?

I am thinking to register my son for these three classes. Is it too much,in addition to Sonlight 100? I am looking for reviews on any of these.

Thank you so much to each one of you for the insight and opinions. I am learning so much from you. He is my oldest and I am learning as I go. We have an appointment next week with the dual enrollment manager and we will make a final decision . The clerk, one teacher we know, and some other parents did not warn me about all these things you told me about ; they all said he will be ok. Our college is in a suburb area,and from what I heard from other homeschool moms, it's very quiet, without troubles and the students just go to the class and leave...I am glad I listened to my gut and came here to ask for advice. I think I may let him take programming only,depending what the DE manager says after I will express my concerns. We will continue with Foerster ( he did not struggle with it, I just thought why not get credit if possible) and I have to find something for English. We have tried many programs,like WTM, IEW, EIW, and I like them all for different reasons. What I have trouble with , is correcting his essays, for punctuation,grammar,sentence structure,and style.I might have to inquire at our local school to see if he can take English there, but my husband thinks it will be a waste since he's seen how kids in public school write . That might have changed now since they say they have more rigorous standards...we shall see.

Could you elaborate why not, teachermom? Safety or maturity reasons? I should add that I cannot afford private online classes or co-ops. DE is free,except the cost of the books. I think some of my son's classes will be online,so not all will be on campus. He has been doing Foerster algebra,but hasn't finished it. Maybe I should just let him continue with it. I thought he would get high school and college credit for Intermediate A. I really need to outsource writing though because I'm unable to teach him ; he has surpassed me a long time in this area! He can write quite well, but doesn't like to write. And programming is his passion .He has already taken some free online classes,but now he wants something more in depth.

My 7th grader took the ACT and scored 20 & 22 in English and math. Then he took the college placement test (PERT) and scored high enough for both. He will take Intermediate Algebra, Composition I and Programming. He was accepted for dual enrollment and he is excited to start in the fall, but after all that, I'm having second thoughts about letting a 12, soon to be 13 year old on a College campus. At the same time, I feel inadequate to teach him English, especially writing since it is not my language. I heard the load of work is high at this level. He is responsible and capable,does well when he is around teens and adults of all ages, but sometimes he is lazy to work....and also quite immature emotionally. I'm afraid he won't be able to keep up with the work. Thoughts? Any successful stories of kids starting so young?