Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Help understanding my 6yr old sons test scores.

Here is the numbers that are given in each section. The evaluator has extended an invite for my son to test for the gifted only school. I am thinking his scores don't seem high enough to do well. But I am by no means an expert.

Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS)
Composite Intelligence Index (CIX) 134
Verbal Intelligence Index (VIX) 119

With a note: Cole (my son) 'overprocessed' the statements on the verbal reasoning subtest to the extent that he missed answers.

Nonverbal Intelligence Index (NIX) 143

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
Verbal Comprehension Subtest Scores
Similarites-19
Vocabulary-17
Comprehension-16

Composite Score
Verbal Comprehension-144
Verbal Comprehension Index 99.8% (VCI=144;95% Confidence interval=135-148)

Diagnostic Achievement Battery-Third Edition
Measure-----------------%ile----St.SC.-----Grade Eq.------Quot.
Alphabet/Word Knowledge------95-------15----------3.7
Reading Comprehension--------98-------16----------4.7
Reading----------------------99-------------------------------133

Woodcock-Johnson Test of Achievement-Third Edition (Cluster)
Measure------------------Grd.Eq.---------Age St. Sc.----------Age %ile
Total Achievement-----------------------------123-------------------94
Broad Reading-----------------2.4-------------122-------------------93
Broad Math--------------------1.8-------------118-------------------88
Broad Written Language--------2.1-------------125-------------------95
Math Calculation Skills-------1.7-------------117-------------------87
Written Expression------------2.3-------------125-------------------95
Academic Skills-------------------------------127-------------------96
Academic Fluency------------------------------110-------------------75
Academic Application--------------------------126-------------------96

Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-Third Edition (Subtest)
Measure----------------------Age St.Sc.---------Age %ile
Letter-Word Indentification--------130---------------98
Reading Fluency--------------------118---------------89
Calculations-----------------------123---------------94
Math Fluency------------------------90---------------26
Spelling---------------------------118---------------88
Writing Fluency--------------------101---------------52
Passage Comprehension--------------120---------------91
Applied Problems-------------------114---------------83
Writing Samples--------------------130---------------98

On the DAB-3 Cole scored in the Very Superior range on the reading cluster (4.7 grade equivalent on the reading Comprehension subtest)
Cole was delightful to evaluate. He was cooperative and attentive to the task. He appeared confident and self-assured. On the verbal portion of the WISC-IV he perservered even when the questions became extremly difficult for him. On the last question on the similarites subtest (test students from age 6-16) he stated "I'm going to try to do the space and time one," and proceeded to answer it correctly.
Cole persevered on the reading comprehension subtest on the DAB-3 despite the fact that the fourth and fifth grade passages were very difficult for him to read. He continued to the end of the passage and was able to answer many of the questions for these stories.
Although Cole is very bright and verbal, on some of the RIAS verbal reasoning questions he would over process the question until he would miss the answer.
Cole tended to be impersistent on the applied problem subtest. He couldn't decide what a nickle was worth. Many of the higher level math word problems involved money, and just gave up.
Cole talked and explained his answerd during the timed reading fluency subtest on the WJ III test of achievement and scored high average, the reading portion of the DAB-3 were administered because there is no timed component in the battery.