DD10 (grade 6) took EXPLORE last year as a fifth grader through NUMATS. I wanted her tested because Ohio Achievement Assessments are useless, and tracking in math starts in 6th grade in our district. I wanted her properly placed in math, and I didn't think the school would have recognized her ability without the EXPLORE scores. Because of her scores, she was identified as gifted in math, science, reading, and superior cognitive (Ohio has cutoff scores for gifted identification based on EXPLORE, SAT, or ACT scores). This year DD's in 7th grade advanced math and the 6th grade gifted cluster in language arts. This wouldn't have happened if I didn't have those scores to advocate for her.
You may want to consider having your DD take EXPLORE since her IQ results were "a bit mussy," but since you don't feel the need to advocate now, you can wait a year or two to have her participate just to see if you want to make any adjustments to her roadmap.
