I often hear parents over or underestimating the abilities of their child. Also, an LD like ADHD can certainly make a child look lazy/sloppy/unproductive. Did they do the full battery of tests? Any stand out low scores in working memory or processing speed? Also, was the test done recently? I think some of those things can be hard to pick out when we're talking about a 7 year old but by 9 issues should start to emerge more clearly on testing. Brownie