My daughter had two IQ tests in her life-- one in first grade (IQ came back 114) and one in 4th grade (IQ came back 122). ... Are the IQ tests just flat-out wrong-- and if so, what good are they anyway? Why not rely on out-of-level achievement tests instead?
Hi Tante - Welcome. You've asked a complicated question, and it you are interested in learning more about Giftedness, I'd recommend you read some of the articles at
www.hoagiesgifted.org/There are a lot of tests in the world, some are considered more likely to be accurate (individual vs. group tests: individual tests are considered more likely to be accurate) - so my first guess is that the tests were group tests, such as CoGat. Many people feel that unusually intelligent kids are particularly likely to do poorly, while it's a good test for bright kids.
My second guess is that your daughter's IQ sores are quite variable - so that the 'full scale IQ' isn't representative of her strengths. We this this quite often. I wish that schools looked more deeply into a WISC score, but many districts don't.
If neither of those apply to your situation, I'd say that she is what she is, and the tests fail to demonstrate it, as they do in a small percentage of the time.
But her ACT scores in 7th grade clearly show that she is gifted. I'm glad your district had a gifted program that you were able to get her included in - many districts have no program at all. There is a lot of 'unfairness' in this area of life.
I'm super glad to hear that she is doing well and enjoying success.
Smiles,
Grinity
