Mom of 1,
Waiting is a drag, isn't it!
Best to ask for the raw scores and and scaled scored without the writeup if tester will fax it to you.
My son did have a subtest in the 25th%! And still got into DSY program! Strange world, no? The take home message is that today's IQ tests test many things - some of which are not highly related to intellectual giftedness. The trick is to get a highly qualified tester who can help you sort out which is which (or to send a privte message to Dottie - LOL!)
If the 'weaker areas' are average to 115, you can call them bottlenecks, whichis a less scary term.
The other thing to think about is Asynchronous Development. Our kids are not on the normal timetable, and some of the relative lows can be just areas that need a little extra time to mature.
Or there can be an outright 2E issue - which if there is - pat yourself on the back that you found it early enough to save the self-esteem and there is lots and lots of resource around each various one.
And of course - these particular results only reflect one test on one day! My son always took twice as long to test as a ND kid because hitting the ceiling takes TIME. So it a way one would expect our kids to be 'just plain worn out' by the end. See if you can talk the tester into letting you know the order in which the tests were given.
There is such a thing as a chart review, were you can mail the raw data and write-up to one of the top folks and for rather less money than a full testing, will give you their opinion of how the tea-leaves came out.
Best Wishes,
Grinity
