Slammie, the raven test is an IQ test.. if he got in with the raven then he should be identified as gifted. Some gifted kids do not excel academically, so they use several qualifiers for identification -at least in our school district. One is the OLSAT, one is qualifying scores on the CST tests (which are moot now that we have gone to common core), qualifying scores on an IQ test (usually non-verbal to keep from biasing only towards english speakers) or portfolio- portfolios are for students talented in a specific area, like art.
