The tester we sought out is highly respected in our metro area gifted community and is �tops� on the list for our private gifted schools requiring independent testing for admittance. She�s been evaluating children for over 30 years and is a professor at the university teaching educators in the area of gifted education. My caveat for moving forward was whether or not she would be able to provide direction in the area of schooling & programs that might be a good fit for DD given test results. The answer was an absolute �yes�.
This all sounds quite positive, although the possibility that the tester is confident because the tester is naive is very real. I have a great question that is polite to ask, that will tell you the difference in a flash:
I'm sorry if this question seems intrusive, but my bossy Aunt Grinity keeps harping on me to ask, "How may kids have you seen in the last 2 years where you needed to use the extended norms?"
more info on extended norms:
Hoagies' Gifted: Inventory of Tests - 7 visits - Mar 25
Harcourt Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #7 WISC�IV Extended Norms � Recommended Extended norms are useful when a child's score is the maximum ( ceiling) ...
www.hoagiesgifted.org/tests.htmSeriously if tester has no idea what you are talking about - run fast.
If tester gets all excited and starts blabbing like she has found a long lost friend - Yippee!
If tester starts giving away too much information about other people's children - run fast!
I just thought of this idea - Wise Ones, do you think it's workable?
Love and more love,
Grinity
