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Thanks so much Jtooit. This is all useful info. Your DS sounds really self-aware.

I received word from the AIG specialist that he did very well on the WISC so we are moving forward with the possibility of one or two subject advancements. The next and final component is an on-grade level national achievement test in the two subjects he's interested in.

And I have to add that if it weren't for this site and the experience and knowledge found here, I wouldn't have known what to do for our DS or how.

Great news for you and your DS!

I am glad you didn't have to wait long for at least some information from them. I would ask them for a copy of a full report so you have the information. If the scores are high enough you may want to apply for DYS with them.

Numbers removed for ds's privacy. Thanks to all who helped!

Yes both VCI & GAI qualify him. It looked like his Explore scores did as well.

One of my kids had fairly big discrepancies between VCI/PRI & PS/WM.
It does seem to be fairly common. You can pick apart the subtest once you get a full report.

You should get busy on that app

Congrats!!! Those are very good scores


FWIW, I don't know how typical it is - but it's very typical among children who are 2e. There's not really anything in your posts that I recall that might be a 2e concern... but I went back quickly to look and in your first post you mentioned that your ds has trouble with timed tests - chances are that whatever is driving that is the same thing that's at issue with timed tests (the PSI tests are timed, so is one of the PRI subtests... that might be why his PRI score is lower than VIQ. Does he ever complain about running out of time on timed tests, or not having enough time to check his work? If he does, it's *possible* you might want to consider seeing if he qualifies for an accommodation of extra time before he's faced with taking PSAT etc.

Good luck with advocating for subject acceleration!

polarbear

Polarbear,

Thanks! I hadn't thought about that. I will look into it. Perhaps when I get the other pieces of info, someone in here will be able to help me, or should I look to the school psych for those answers?

I just peeked at the application. Should keep me busy all right.