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I have a 2E child, her gaps between indexes are real gaps, but my 2nd DD, when she did the WPPSI had a 42 point cap between her VCI and PSI - which is way bigger than the gap you are looking at, and it was purely disinterest in doing the coding exercise.

It was not explained to her that the coding exercise was a race or that it mattered how much she did. So she did 2 of each example, which she clearly felt demonstrated mastery, and then sat and looked at the piece of paper for the remainder of the test. She scored a perfect 10 - in half the available time. The tester did NOT seem to see that this is what was happening and would not have mentioned it if I had not seen it with my own eyes. Our tester clearly was not used to working with HG kids.