We did not tell specific numbers when our ds was younger, but we did discuss where he was on the bell curve (and explained the bell curve lol) by the time he was in 3rd grade, because he was becoming frustrated with other children when it took them longer to grasp concepts than it did him or when he tried talking about things that they didn't understand. He was aslo frustrated with the pace of school as well as frustrated with his own inability to perform in some areas due to his 2e challenges - so explaining the test results in age-appropriate terms was extremely helpful and reassuring to him. Now that he's a teen, he's asked just recently to see his actual scores (this happened when we reviewed the recent link that HappilyMom posted that explains LDs - an excellent resource btw!). We are planning to look through the actual reports together at this point - he's mature enough as well as confident enough in his own skin at this point in time to see the numbers, and I don't have to worry about him running out on the playground and telling the world lol.
FWIW, I'll also add - he was getting a lot of comments from adults at a young age about how smart he was, and starting in kindergarten other kids in his class noticed and said things about how smart he was. So it's not like our kids are living in vacuums - they get feedback about their intellectual "gifts" from others whether or not we share test scores with them.
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