Thanks, Dottie. I think so, too. It just doesn't make sense. They are both highly verbal and were early readers, talkers, etc. The frustrating thing is that the school system can't really use another screener at this point. There are two other state approved screeners they could use (both more verbal), but the state has made the cutoff scores so high that no one uses them. They did this because some schools were not administering it properly, and kids were passing answers. DD9 will take the OLSAT in the spring, and it does have a verbal component.