Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Would testing help ?

I'm usually in the minority on this board about whether to test, but I recommend testing based on your original post. Those of us with MG kids in particular may not be quite so sure about whether they're really gifted or not, especially if they're our oldest, and especially if they're a fairly compliant kid in school. For me, testing our DS before kindergarten made a huge difference in my confidence to advocate for him when he entered elementary school. Based on your original post, it sounds like you would be much more comfortable advocating and pushing for your DS's needs if you had testing to inform you first, and that alone would make it worth it, in my mind.