My DS was tested at 3.5 and I thought it was the WPPSI (or one of the Weschler tests for preschoolers) but I think it just included verbal and non-verbal. Maybe it was an abbreviated test. In his case he was not trying very hard and was very distracted (and probably anxious). His full scale was around 106. Tested again at age 6 and his nonverbal/verbal composite was 133. On both tests, there were large discrepancies between scores, which is a red flag that either the child has a disability or something went wrong with the test. It doesn't look like there are large discrepancies in this child, so that is a sign that they may actually be accurate of how he is doing now, at this moment in time compared to others his age. But you still can't make much of tests given at age 3-4, esp. if the child doesn't seem very motivated. She should ask the tester how cooperative he was, if he was impulsive with his answers, etc. There is also a lot of brain development going on in preschoolers so even if he was trying his hardest, his IQ results now are not necessarily what they are going to be a few years from now. It really irriates me that people are giving tests to preschoolers to find out if they are "gifted". It was done on DS because he had some developmental delays and we were able to then rule out some serious disorders, but finding out if a kid is gifted at age 4 is a different story. Your friend should read the book "nurture shock" which has an interesting chapter on IQ testing in young children and how unreliable it is. I know that she was trying to get him into a certain school and the school wanted to do the test, but maybe the book will make her feel better about the results (which are not bad at all, but probably not what she was expecting).
