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Hello,
My daughter aged 9 took WISC-V last week. The test took a complete school day. She had normal breaks, but even counting them it took almost 4 hours to complete it. I understood it takes 1.5 hours to usually finish it. Does anyone have idea what can cause such long test?

Welcome!

It usually takes just under one hour to complete the WISC-V proper, although 1.5 hours is typical when one includes time to settle in and for introductions.

Perhaps she had other assessments as well? Four hours is about standard for a psychoeducational eval, with the WISC and a comprehensive achievement battery (such as the WIAT-III, KTEA-3, or WJIV).

It depends on the child and how far the child goes in the test. My first son took a long time (WISC IV) - he needed a lot of breaks. It turned out he is twice-exceptional so I am sure that is why he took a long time but he scored extremely high, especially in certain tests. My younger son also scored quite high (WISC V) but has no learning disabilities. I am pretty sure he took more than two hours total. Although, in one timed sub-test the time ran out but the tester let him go on to see how far he would go, even though time had run out and thus he would not get "credit" for it. So that took up time. Again I insist on my children getting breaks. Also, the main complaint about both of my kids from school is that they work slowly. So I think how long the WISC V takes depends on the child.

If they score higher it takes longer. But they likely did achievement testing too. what does your daughter day?