I appreciate that explaination. I don't know what is on the test so I didn't really get how the higher test would capture what she could do whereas the WPPSI might not b/c it doesn't ask those questions.
My goal is to understand how intelligent she may/may not be so that i can confidently push for more challenges for her at school. She says she is constantly bored at school, but yet the teacher thinks she isn't bored because she is always busy. (Well of course she's busy... she's looking for any shred of interesting work anywhere she can find it. As if bored children just sit and look out the window all day). I am trying not to make the same mistake i made with my older child. Although i knew he could do multiplication in his head in 1st grade - they would put him in a math class where he added 2 apples with 1 apple. I would complain but they insisted that was where he belonged. "you know everyone thinks there child is smart" they would tell me. well finally i couldn't take it anymore and had him tested and he has a 148 fsiq (wisc), hit 2 ceilings one of which was arithmetic which wasn't even included in the fsiq calculation.
Having her take the test is really for me, so I can understand her intelligence and make sure i ask for what she needs at school.
i feel like i have to reconsider the wppsi now and investigate the sb5.
