DS is 8 yo/3rd grade. He took the WISC IV almost 2 years ago; at that time he was an 'older' kindergartner (late July birthday), and I was contemplating having him skip 1st grade and go to 2nd. He scored well - not off the charts (135 GAI), but well enough that I felt comfortable moving him up in accordance with his teacher/school's recommendation to the grade he should have been in if I had not held him. The only reason the school evaluated him was because I asked for some enrichment, spurring the conversation of 'maybe he'd be just fine being the youngest in his class' and subsequent testing/evaluation by the school (reading test, math test, a week in the 1st grade classroom at the end of K) at which point the school was confident he already knew the curriculum that would be covered in 1st grade. It was a good move to skip 1st and go to 2nd. He's the youngest and smallest in his class still, but he's fine maturity wise, and has done well academically. I was contemplating sending him to our local public school next year and he recently took the district's GATE qualifying test, the NNAT2. But he only scored a 69. I was pretty surprised. I don't believe in test prep (and he's not an anxious kid) so I told him the night before he'd take a test, told him it was multiple choice, and just fill in the scantron. After he took the test, he told me he thought it was easy/fine. After getting test results, I looked online and it turns out that are sample NNAT questions out there! I gave him about 7 questions and he got them all right (I only got 4 right!). So, I seriously wonder what is going on. Has anyone ever seen that big of a discrepancy? Or, could the WISC-IV have been that 'off'? It was administered by a highly regarded psychologist who is very experienced. I am trying to be objective but school's very easy for him, he was an early reader, etc. so his somewhat strong WISC IV seemed reasonable in that context. But the NNAT does not seem reflective. I would ask the public school to check his scantron but they'd laugh in my face...are there other factors that could cause a big discrepancy?
