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I don't mean to come across as mean, but if she gets good grades in school but bombed the SATs , maybe she's not exceptionally "smart" so much as a hard worker. When I was in high school, I knew of many kids who worked very hard to do all the homework and study everything so they could to ace the tests. But every single one of my friends who had a higher GPA than me ended up getting a lower SAT score.
The SAT is a reasoning test, and you can't pass it just by memorizing things. You have to actually have a knack for problem solving, which takes a good deal of self-sufficient critical thinking.
That said, I notice you said she placed into Algebra II, implying that she's still in Geometry and of course hasn't taken Algebra II yet. The SAT has both Geometry and Algebra II, so I'm presuming she's taking the SAT way too early. Most people take the SATs their junior year, during which the most students will have already completed both Geometry and Algebra II (Pre-calculus isn't on the SAT). If she's in 8th grade, you should expect her to do poorly.
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