We had a 32 point standard score difference between Cogat verbal and WISC-IV verbal. I am not a fan of Cogat. Ds scored high enough for GT but a huge underestimate of his strengths.
We have been considering moving and DH called around to talk to gifted coordinators at several schools. This is what we heard from one:
"We never accept outside testing. Parents can buy what ever score they want."
We seemed to get this attitude. We just allowed the school to retest my dd on a different test to move beyond that attitude. 1 point for the parents- her scores came back exactly the name! I did hold my smirk inside during our meeting
