crisc - We will be doing the WJ-III with the school soon, and I am worried about it for exactly the same reason your DS hated it - the writing portions. My DS5 will probably be taking it around the same age as yours. He does not like to write, and he does not want to spell. Do you remember how many writing portions do they use for 5 yos?

shellymos - I guess my recommendation to split testing days stem from my fear about how my son might do in the achievement testing! I wouldn't have wanted DS to take both the iq and achievement in the same day.