Part of the reason I'm advocating against getting the IQ test is that I'm a little concerned about your approach in using whether or not she's actually above some IQ level to advocate for her needs. She's got needs and I think they are clear to you and they clearly show on the test results.
I agree with geofizz on this. I appreciate having the IQ data for my children, and it's been useful in dealing with 2e issues, and having as data when a specific program needs an ability score above a certain number for admission... but that's really the extent of how it's been meaningful or useful in a real sense.
My feeling is that first and foremost you follow the needs of your child - what you see by observing them, knowing them, listening to them. Your dd has very high achievement scores, so regardless of her IQ, if she's asking for more challenge, advocate for more challenge.
On the flip side, if you were to find out through the testing that she's off-the-charts sky-high in IQ, it's also not going to change fundamentally who the child is that you've been raising so far - if she's motivated, she's motivated. If she's passionate about science, she'll still be passionate about science. If she's intense, she's intense. If she's motivated by a great empathy, she'll still be motivated by the same things. I think most of us parents of high IQ kids know in our gut feelings that our kids are "out there" somewhere and we see whatever their high IQ needs might be (more challenge, more structure, freedom to create, whatever) with or without an IQ number. So I'm not sure I understand why a test is needed to know whether or not you need to do more... does that make sense?
Please know I'm not saying don't test! But fwiw, I would first really think through what your dd needs from school and what your school options are locally then be sure the testing you're paying for is the testing you really need for advocating.
Also on the achievement tests - I would think the schools would be more interested in NWEA type tests than WJ-III achievement tests when you advocate. That's been our experience - the WJ-III achievement tests are very specific, short, and not tied or directly mappable to a wide swath of school district curriculum.
Good luck! It's very frustrating to want more for our kids and not have many options available.
polarbear
