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Grade 3 Grade Grade 5 Grade 6
English 16 19 22 23
Math 14 16 18 21
Reading 16 18 21 23
Science Reasoning 16 18 20 22
Composite 15 17 20 22
The composite score plus two subject test scores must meet the minimum score criteria
I'm a little confused - did she get 99% compared to 4th graders or 8th graders? Anyway if she got a 19 as a 4th grader, be ready to be open to the possibility that either she is more unusual than your thought or the range of average is quite lower than you thought.
Ok just dug out the papers to check--as a 4th grader she got a 23 in English, which is 98% compared to 8th graders. She got an 11 in Usage/Mechanics (99% compared to 8th graders) and an 11 in Rhetorical Skills (again 99%).
We finally have her scheduled to take the WISC IV next week--the psych doesn't specialize in gifted kids but the price is right and dd11 isn't too complicated so I think it will be OK--we need it so she can hopefully get gifted services right away. (one day pull-out at new school)
If possible, check in advance with the new school if they have any guidelines for outside testers, if they accept anyone's results or have a preferred list, if they accept all tests or only certain tests. I love cheap, but part of what one is paying for is a phone call from a trusted professional to a key school player if a course correction is needed. Even cheaper is if the school tests themselves, particularly if they do a WISC or any individually given IQ test.
OTOH, will all the stress of moving, it's nice to walk into a new situation with a few old questions settled.
Best Wishes,
Grinity [/quote]
The new school seems like they really don't want to deal with parents getting tested privately, but Georgia state law says they have to consider outside data from a qualified psych. They can take up to 9 weeks to get her tested, and it will already be March when she enters. I would really like to have the testing done before I register her so she can meet some friends, have that settled before the transition stuff to middle school etc.)
The funny thing about the psych (suggested to me by a friend with two gifted kids) is that I had e-mailed with her a few times before I realized that she was the one who I had met with and actually agreed with my self-diagnosis of ADD. Doh! I think dd11 will do well for her.
The principal sent a nice e-mail re: classroom teacher placement for her. She said there are typically 8-10 kids IDed as gifted in each class (that seems pretty crazy, huh? Probably some bright high-achievers in there or ????) Of course we also have my 8 yr. old son with Down syndrome (who should in no way be sent to the next school over to the intellectual disabilities unit) who I am confident they can accomodate at the neighborhood school, but it will take some work. And just wait until the fall when they get a taste of dd4! Little did they know when we walked through that door...
Will keep you all posted!
p.s. sorry if this turns out messy. I can't figure out the quote thing.
