Hi,

Thx for all the ideas, here are the full scores for both to help with the discussion.

My 8yo,
WISC IV (% means percentile)
FSIQ 135 99%
VC 134 99%
Similarities 14
Vocab 15
Comp 18
PR 129 97%
Block design 12
Picture concepts 15
Matrix reasoning 17
WM 123 94%
Digit Span 14
Letter-Number sequencing 14
PS 123 94%
Coding 15
Symbol Search 13

Woodcock Johnson, 3rd add.
Reading Comp 121 (91%)
Passage Comp 123
Reading Vocab 113
Math 133 (99%)
Applied problems 127
Quantitative concepts 129

My 6yo
WISC IV (% means percentile)
FSIQ 143 99%
VC 128 97%
Similarities 12
Vocab 16
Comp 16
PR 145 99.9%
block design 18
picture concepts 16
matrix reasoning 18
WM 141 99.7%
digit span 16
letter-number sequencing 18
PS 121 92%
coding 12 (said this may be due to his handwriting skills as yet still developing--it's pretty bad when he's not trying hard and it a hurry--can be great when he takes the time)
symbol search 15


Woodcock Johnson, 3rd add.
Reading Comp 141 (99.7%)
passage comp 139
reading vocab 129
Math 165 (99.9%)
applied problems 154
quantitative concepts 150

We have very bright men in our family who are engineers, one scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT in high school and went to the NC School of Science and Math. We know where it's coming from but not sure of its extent.

I do not plan to even try to skip my oldest, not ready socially and his writing needs to catch up. He loves math and science but hates structure. He has begged to be home schooled but I know he would be just horrible for me--not an option.

Is my 6yo exceptionally gifted? He seems to meet the LOG 4 in Ruf's book based on his early readiness signs/achievements. How does grade skipping him where he'd still need one to two years higher advancement in math help him out? His handwriting and composition skills are certainly not at a 3rd grade level yet even if he can do the work.

Are you guys saying his FSIQ is suppressed by the WISC-IV sd scale? Should he have taken an extended test?

thanks,