I'm dealing with this issue now.

I think that the school's position, in my case, is that testing is only one of their criteria, so if you don't meet the other (subjective) criteria, outside testing, or really, *any* testing, even if administered by the school itself is insufficient to establish the need for services.

So, yes, some districts seem to feel free to ignore their own testing if other criteria is not met since the testing, in and of itself, is necessary, but not sufficient.