Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy pros and cons of IQ testing?

I'm still not clear why you want to test. Do you want to test your kid to get into a program? because he needs acceleration? curiosity?

Our approach has been that we will test if we have a need to test. We have only IQ tested one of our three kids. We were trying to figure out why she was crying every night of first grade. It turns out she is highly gifted with dyslexia and dysgraphia. So far no one has thrown her IQ in her face. I think having an LD changes that equation.

For my other kids, the standard district gt testing has been sufficient (CoGat, NNAT) to get them into the program in elementary. I never shared their numbers with them. The district also gave them Explore in 6th grade to see where they were going into middle school. Yes, there have been times that I have been curious but not enough to spend the money and have a number.