I started looking around more this morning (trying to find out what a stanine was! :)) and I think I figured out where the score of 8 is coming from...there are some school districts that use a matrix system. They would take the scores from each test, insert it into a matrix, and come up with a score. From what I see, most gifted programs take kids that score 7-8 points. Thanks for the responses though - it helped me figure this out!