OK, a few thoughts here. You met with the school psychologist. She's one person with one set of experiences who hasn't actually tested your ds (has she?). You're parenting your ds, so you know him better than anyone.
In our school district, I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see a school psychologist say something similar about IQ scores... because in our school district parents can apply for the HG program after having their children tested privately, and there are psychologists who do the testing who appear to slightly inflate scores to please parents. I also have a dd who was evaluated at 5 for anxiety and took the WPSSI as part of the eval - we'd never had any indication she was gifted but she scored solidly gifted. Two years later she had the WISC given as part of a neuropsych eval and she scored significantly lower, but with the same pattern among subtests. Which score is real? I'm not really sure! But I suspect the lower score is more reliable in her case.
Anyway, I doubt that any of that applys to your ds. Your ds is doing great with learning math concepts but is slow on timed math facts tests. There are a ton of possible reasons why he's slow on timed math facts tests that are entirely unrelated to his general intelligence. One possibility - which chances are isn't what's up with your ds, but it's something to keep in the back of your mind if other things come up that align with it - is that it could be related to his processing speed, or a handwriting challenge etc. Our ds is severely dysgraphic and simply can't perform quickly on timed math tests, even when he uses typing. But he is really really quick to pick up math concepts and always scored very well on and he did learn his math facts, although not as early on as some kids do.
The other thing that popped out from your post is the mention your ds is ambidextrous. That's another thing that is sometimes a sign of fine motor dysgraphia.
Is the timed math challenge holding your ds back in anyway? Are his teachers concerned? Do you think the school psych trying to say he's not qualified to be in the program? My suggestions on how to proceed depend on what your gut feeling is re the perception of his performance and whether or not it's an issue or felt to be developmental.
polarbear
