Check with your child to see if she wants to skip ahead to another grade. If your child does not support the idea, find other ways of challenging her academically.
Talk to your child's teacher to see if she feels your child is ready to skip ahead. It is important that your child has the skills she will miss learning by skipping the grade. The teacher will be able to address any of these issues.
Contact your child's guidance counselor and find out the steps you will need to complete to have your child skip a grade. Many schools will require testing either through the district or from an outside source to verify that the student is performing well above grade level. However, some schools will allow you to use end-of-grade testing for this purpose. Some school districts might require an evaluation by the school counselor or an outside psychiatrist to make sure the child is emotionally ready to handle the change. Other school districts might take a more relaxed approach and have a simple meeting with several teachers to discuss whether or not it would be advantageous to the student. Others might ask you to prepare your student and submit a plan of study to move your child forward a grade.
Prepare your child for the testing. Many schools require students to take a test to show comprehension and ability in the subjects they will be skipping. Each grade covers specific types of science, and the focus of social studies or history is specific to grade level as well. For this reason, many school districts will require a test to show that the student has a firm grasp of the material that he will be skipping. In many ways, the science and social studies tests are more difficult for students to prepare for because they are not building on previous skills as they would be in reading and math. You can review by using the same text book the district would, or by doing an independent study program with your student over the summer or after school.
Fill out the paperwork that your individual district requires. A request for your child to be advanced needs to be submitted formally. In addition to the paperwork that your district requires, write a letter outlining the reasons you feel your child would benefit from skipping a grade and the steps you have taken to prepare your child for this transition.