Originally Posted by cym
If your DS has never tested before, this is first experience and you might see a big change with 2nd time (we did with ACT scores for 2 of my kids)--did he also do SCAT?

Cym, Thank you for the encouragement. Yes, this is the first time he ever had EXPLORE or any big/formal test. He did take SCAT when he was 6.5, right after he skipped to 2nd. He did fine for math(43/50) and average on english (36/50). I don't feel that he gets nervous at those tests, but I could be wrong. Sigh.

I do have a question for EXPLORE veterans. What is the approximate sample population for calculating 8th grader norms? EXPLORE is not a standard test in CA. I tried to find a list of states use it as standard test, but not able to get any. Any help is appreciated.