Thanks for the thoughts Polar Bear. I will definitely follow up with the tester. I was wondering the same thing -- maybe the 'predictions' are off. They seem very low to me. Not sure what components of the WISC go into those or if it is just a correlation between the FSIQ in total.
Her subtest scores were all about the same, except for processing speed. Within those, she scored highest in Block Design and Vocabulary (17), followed by Verbal Similarities (16) and Digit Span (16). The rest were 13/14 except processing. Working memory is right up there, so I'm not sure if the GAI would be that much higher. She doesn't seem to me to be a 99.9 kid, either. But at the same time, she's my kid, so I sometimes fear I could be selling her short. I guess that is what surprised me -- her percentiles on the achievement tests:
Reading = 99
Math = >99.9
Written Language = 99.8
Oral Language = >99.9
We do math outside the curriculum so I expected that to be pretty high. But we don't do anything 'extra' per se for the rest. She reads a ton, though.
I have been cautiously thinking recently that what her teacher and I have come up with this year really is working, but as always it has taken until December to really get buy-in from the powers-that-be. We had her tested because I am growing weary of the battle. She goes to a new school next year and I was afraid that all of the hard fought credibility she (as a student) and I (as a realistic parent) have earned is going to be lost as we enter the a new system and we'll waste tons of time banging our heads against the wall. Plus I have three more kids coming down the pipeline, so I need it to get easier!
Zen Scanner -- I was thinking the same thing: maybe this is what it looks like when a MG kid gets challenged appropriately. In that case the percentiles would be more a statement how underchallenged gifted kids are across the board in this country. Given what it has taken for me to get what I want (in a friendly school system and as an educator myself), I guess that shouldn't be a total surprise. Perhaps that is the most likely scenario.
Thanks again for your thoughts everyone!
