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So how do you go about getting a accurate score if they hit a ceiling? A different test?

He hit a "soft ceiling". I didn't mean to imply that his score was not accurate. It is hard to know what would have happened if there had been more questions. Don't worry about it. I can't imagine a scenario where you'd do anything differently if his score was a point or two higher..

The only changes I've ever seen to IQ scoring is if a child hits 2 or is it 3 maximum subtest scores of 19 (or maybe 18) then extended scoring can be applied.

In general testing one approach is to give a test with lots of 'headroom' - that's the idea behind the 'talent searches' that encourage parents of 7th and 8th graders to sign their kids up to take a SAT/ACT test that only counts for qualifying for the Search's educational programs.

But with IQ tests, there is no different test - (except in the case of 5 and 6 year olds taking WPPSI vs WISC) one generally just has to accept that the IQ tests aren't built to detail out the differences of kids in the top 2% of the population.

Hope that helps,
Grinity

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