We requested testing for ds who will be 7 in April and is first grade. School tried to talk us out of it and wait until third grade for testing and warned its next to impossible for first graders to qualify.
His composite KBIT was 142 so he qualified for further testing (verbal was137 and nonverbal 142 I seem to recall). I got a call today that his WISC was completed and he scored only 119 so he didn't qualify for the gifted program.
I've read that scores on the KBIT are usually higher than the WISC by 4-9 points, but this is a 23 point difference.
I don't have any subtest scores for the WISC but will request them before our meeting in a week. Has anyone had a similar experience or have any advice? I don't want to be "that pushy parent" as I am a teacher myself and don't want to get a negative relationship with the school starting already, but the spread in scores has me wondering.
Thanks for any advice or insight!
