Quick background: Kid has been reading phonetically since age 22 months, chapter books since age 3. Comprehension is extraordinary. Math is good, too...multiplication at 3, division soon after (long division within 5 minutes of teaching a couple of weeks ago)...checked school curricula for K-2 and she had complete mastery of all topics before starting K (without any exaggeration; I'm not missing ANY of the things listed in core curriculum). Teacher says she's one of the smartest kids she's taught in 30 years.
So, K is great, but 1st is looming. AG teacher will only identify, allegedly per state law, if we can come back with external numbers proving 98% or best (not strictly true, but she won't do testing herself until she sees those, so hands are tied, even if it's illegal). So we got them.
We're broke. Postdoc tester through university gave her the WISC-IV, WJIII Ach and WIAT III a few weeks ago. Said DD was very engaged and interested, but refused to take any breaks. Both achievement tests took about 30 minutes (each; WJ was a bit shorter, only about 20 minutes) and the WISC-IV took 45 minutes. I say this because someone told me this was shorter than average.
Maybe I'm being a prideful mother, or maybe I was just totally off base, or maybe it's as simple as I don't understand what I'm looking at. But I'm confused.
The test scores just came back WAY lower than we thought they would.
