Is there any harm in a 10th grader taking the SATs?

[mimk6]

They don't advertise the PSAT score option for some reason -- but took it for my son who attended a CTY program last year.

[emeraldkity4]

Early Entrance Foundation Talent Search

this is a link to cty and tip programs/testing

my older daughter took SAT when she was in 7th gd for CTY-, her sisters inner city public has kids start taking PSAT in 10th & SAT in 11th., a year before it counts. Seems to becoming more common.

[J'adoube]

As diagnostic tools they are very inexpensive to use. S's school is doing the same as emeraldkitty's, and, no, there's definitely no harm in early testing. If you don't score unusually high, nothing lost because nothing was expected. If, on the other hand, student scores unusually high, you can start asking for higher level classes or looking for a different school if they are not offered. In our public school, with over 25 AP courses offered plus IB Program, they needed to find out where everybody stood very early.