My ds7.5 took the OLSAT as part of the g/t test when he was 4 and we were living in NYC. He didn't qualify for the g/t program then. We had the same issues - big discrepancy with verbal/non-verbal scores and between OLSAT and Bracken Readiness test. Well, a year later, we had moved to MA and I was told he was eg/pg by a private gifted school. So much for the OLSAT, I say.
So what happened? My son had vision therapy between 4-6.5 years old and it took about 6/8 months before we had some dramatic results from it. No accommodation or allowance was made for my son's visual or attentional deficits when he took the OLSAT.
My son just took the WJ-III again last week. I'm now waiting for the results.
