Hello...I am new here and have a question. My 8-year old son was skipped to the 3rd grade, one month into the school year this year, upon recommendation of his school. About a month later, the GT coordinator for the district approached us about GT testing him (which they should have done before moving him, we think). We did not want to skip him up, but were told it was his best option. Anyway...he was tested a couple of days ago. I am wondering if anyone knows what is typical, in testing an 8-year old. He sat in a conference room with the tester for 3.5 hours. Consequently, he scored 97, but needed to score 98 to be considered 'gifted'. We were not looking for him to be labelled as such, however, his teacher noticed, as did we, that he said he "didn't know how to do" many things in the last hour of testing. Is it typical for such a young child to be tested for 3.5 hours straight? As his mom, I can imagine he wanted out of there, and onto the playground. Just curious.
