Two years ago, my daughter's kindergarten teacher decided to have her tested. Her scores were: verbal-135, non-verbal-106. Although there was a large disparity, they decided just to wait until they screened again in 2nd grade to do anything further.
Second grade has come and she bombed the screener, so hard that they won't do any further testing. This time around her scores were: verbal-117, non-verbal-84. I know that these scores reflect the testing situation (rowdy full class vs. 1 on 1, and only oral directions). When I asked her what was happened she said that people kept making noises and then she would completely forget what the teacher said in the first place or she'd remember the end of the question and not the beginning or visa versa. It stressed her out, so she just didn't write any answer.
I know major disparities such as this generally indicates some sort of learning disability. There is a definite family history of ADHD at play.
I'm just wondering if anyone has had a similar problem. If you have, what was the outcome? I'm frustrated because I know that the programming that the gifted class offers is much more her learning style, and she would benefit greatly.
Is it outside testing time?
Thanks so much for any help you may be able to give.
