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I was not present for all of the testing for my ds8 at the time; it went ok, but post-discussion with the dr. did seem to indicate some odd interpretations on the dr's part as to what is meant by the 'modern child' in normal speech . For instance, my son used the word 'Like' at the beginning of an answer or two, which the dr. then marked as wrong -- as though my son was making a comparison between two things instead of just using 'like' for a pause in speech, ex: saying, 'yeah, like, this is the answer'. Odd to me anyway.
I did overhear some of my dd4's testing (just 1 test, didn't take too long at all). I was surprised by a couple of questions towards the end (geometry ), and surprised she got them correct, but otherwise things lined up as expected.

In a way it makes sense the more complex the questions and test, the more room for interpretation. I think for the younger test there were LOTS of pictures and pointing (no room for interpretation issues).