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If your concern is that you are hoping she will qualify for a school gifted program, they may use their own test and may not even accept outside testing. You may want to ask. If they use a different test, you may not be affected by the new WISC-V.

Did the psychologist think your child may not have done her best for some reason, or did she just suggest retesting because of the margin if error.

I agree, though, that there is a lot more to working out what a child needs than just an IQ test, and gifted services may or may not be helpful depending on the child and on what the school offers. My daughter used to be in a school gifted program and it really didn't offer much. We moved her to another school that doesn't have a gifted program but that is more flexible.

My DS didn't test in the gifted range, although we'll probably get him retested at some point because his speech and language issues may have affected his scores. Regardless, he spends part of the time in first grade (he is in kindergarten) and his teacher says how academically advanced he is. So maybe he needs to be retested, but it could also be that his particular strengths show in the classroom while the IQ test includes areas of weakness as well. He is exceptionally strong (gifted range) in fluid reasoning and perceptual reasoning. Some programs will let kids qualify based on subscores, not just FSIQ. Regardless, though, individual kids have strengths and weaknesses at may not be represented in a single score.

My daughter has always scored very highly on IQ tests, but my son has had a much better school experience and is much happier in school (doing very well academically despite his lower test scores).