DD9 took a state-mandated reading assessment test recently that was clearly computer-adaptive. She was a little freaked out by the spelling section, where she was informed that she got a 7/9, which she didn't like. The words that she told me she thought she got wrong were quite hard--I won't use them here since that breaches test security, but equivalent to, let's say, "effervescent" and "paramour." She was rattled since she's used to everything being easy! I didn't know she was going to take this test and it doesn't matter anyway, but I'm curious about others' experience with gifted kids and CATs. I know my DH had issues with this when he took the GRE as a CAT when it first transitioned...he got to very hard questions very fast and as a result, he had difficulty with time management.
