4th grade!

My baby is a 4th grader.  Hes been working his butt off trying to get school done early this year and he did it.  Not only has he been doing school during the day with me, but since he's such a night owl, we told him he could do some school at night when the other kids go to sleep.
I've been worried that he's rushing through school and not retaining enough.  While thats probably true for some subjects, like history, today he proved that he's actually retaining some of the things he's learned.
I decided to do a standardized test with Ben.  I found one that you can take at home and get immediate results. Overall I'm not a fan of standardized tests at all, in any way. However, I wanted to get a sense of where he stands and make sure we're doing something right.  It was for informational purposes only.  Ben has no idea that he took a standardized test, what they're for or how he scored. He actually did amazing.
I made the mistake of watching him do most of the test. It drove me crazy to watch him select wrong answer after wrong answer, but I wanted to see what kinds of things they were looking at.  He struggled most in 2 language areas that he should have been able to do with no problems.  It was stuff we've covered each year of school. He knocked the math test out of the park.  They lumped the math portion into two categories and he actually scored in the 96th and 99th percentiles.  I'm shocked!  I thought he'd do well, but he floored me.
How they came up with the scores is a bit confusing.  After seeing the results, I actually called the company to get more information and confirm his scores. Even after hearing the explanation, its still a bit confusing. I don't know that I'm completely convinced he scored that well, but he didn't score below his grade level which is really all I wanted to see.  I guess we really are doing something right!

I insisted that he actually look happy he completed 3rd grade.