Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion New, Intro., gifted mom of 2 (I suspect)

If the IQ tests don't show what you think they should, don't fret. The test scores fluctuate with the child's mood and behavior, and sometimes your gifted child may have poor test-taking skills (like I used to have, although I have a good memory when it comes to standardized achievement). If you suspect your child is gifted, you will probably be right. Trust your intuition---it never fails.

Thanks Violet! She was MG according to WPPSI--but I suspect she is actually more towards HG and want to have another IQ test before we move...not PG--I am amazed at the anecdotes here and would love to meet some of these children!

I think she likes standardized tests, even though she has just done it once--when the Duke TIP stuff came in the mail and I told her it meant she would get to take the explore test to get a truer picture of what she knows she jumped up and down and said "yipee!" lol! I liked taking standardized tests as a kid--mostly I think b/c I finished early and could then read!

thanks again for the encouragement!

Lucky you! When I was in fifth grade, I was usually great at taking standardized tests, because I could read after that in fourth grade. My teacher, however, said that "finishing quickly was bad and that it would hurt others' feelings.")

I have been reflecting on my own time in school, and while it was less than challenging or satisfying, at least they did let me read! I shouldn't be but am shocked at how much I have seen the "hurt others' feelings" argument.

Nice to know I wasn't the only weirdo in school. :-) I loved test days - no listening to teacher drone on and time to read!

Welcome to the board deacongirl!

That's my oldest dd, too. She's the one who skipped 5th & she, too, was MG per earlier IQ testing, but seems much more HG per achievement and a lot of GT teachers personal opinions (lol). I, too, don't think that we are raising PG kids in this house.