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Also the more detail you can get from the tester the better picture you have of your child. On a few subtests on the Wisc and WJ we were told ds got the easy ones, missed a few mid level and then got most or all of the hardest ones. He scored gifted but just barely and I'm not really sure what this means as far as educational needs (actually we don't have all the scores back yet). But in general I'd say this fits for ds, he'll be excited about a task, dig in, flounder a bit if he gets bored, or makes a mistake. If something is harder he enjoys spending time on it...he probably needs more exposure to harder/fun math just for himself, outside of school.

chris1234: I was told something similar about my DS. In his case, the tester said that he missed the easy ones and perked up once it got harder then got the harder ones right. Does this mean the score is an underestimate? Do you get points (WISCIV) for each question correct rather than just how high you get? And that totally fits my son....can't focus on something if it's too easy. He also mentioned this happening on block design and that was the first test given I believe so I can imagine DS was nervous to start out.

Dazed- I don't know whether it is an underestimate, I'm glad the tester kept going, though. Block design is one where I think this occured for ds. Later the doctor and ds showed me the blocks and how he got the last few, so I am assuming this is one where he missed points in the middle - that score was 14.