Two years ago whil in 2nd grade my son was tested. He had (and still does have) behavior issues in the classroom so the school suggested the tests. He was adopted at the age of 2.5 from China and has always struggled a bit with language. He was given the WISC-IV and received the following scores
VCI - 100
PRI 139
WM - 83
PSI 68
Full Scale IQ 102
General Ability Index IQ 123
Since there was a difference between his verbal and non verbal scores and the fact that he struggles a bit with language he was given the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test.
Full Scale IQ 145 (99.9 percentile)
Memory Quotient 148 (99.9 precentile)
Reasoning Quotient 137 (99.3 percentile)
Symbolic Quotient 142 (99.7 percentile)
Nonsymbolic Quotient 143 (99.8 percentile)
I asked the school about a Mentor for math as he is VERY good at math and would really do well with in a one-on-one situation with an adult. He has a terrible time with his peers---he tends to talk about things that they do not find interesting and has always gravitated towards adults. The schools is saying that a 145 (99.9 percentile)on the UNIT does NOT mean he is highly gifted he would have had to have received a 145 or above on the WISC-IV. The gifted coordinator at his school is strongly discouriging me from taking the issue to a steering committee as he is in her words "not even close on the WISC-IV test and it is the only test that he has been given that is a true and valid measure of his IQ.
So I am wondering is she giving me the correct information?
