I don't know if this is helpful or not, but my DS10 took the NNAT and scored 83. He was privately tested with the WISC two weeks before and scored as HG but likely twice exceptional. At the time I didn't know his second e, only that he had terrible anxiety and slow processing speed according to the private tester, however the private tester felt his scores were high enough that he would be fine on the school test. Because of all this, when I got his score of 83 percentile I called the GATE office and told them I didn't believe those results based on the fact that I'd had him privately tested and he was gifted- they went back and rescored his results and they went up to 91st percentile. Still not qualifying but higher. Perhaps because it was a group test, that although he said he enjoyed the test he was distracted, maybe bubbled something wrong (which maybe is what they caught when they rescored) In addition, aeh weighed in and said based on his scores on the matrices on the WISC his score wasn't too far below what could be expected (he scored higher on the verbal parts of the test). So he needed to be tested with a different instrument, and with an individual test. He also needed help with his second e(s). However, and this is important- I do not see giftedness in him most of the time, at least nothing like what I read about on these boards. He is extremely creative, and does very well at school, but not above grade which is what you would expect to see for someone with his GAI. In your child you are seeing the giftedness, so I would trust that over the test. Aeh is right about the test, it is not the be all and end all - it is a snapshot, and to continue the analogy, using a particular type of camera. Sometimes the photographer isn't very good. Sometimes you aren't feeling particularly photogenic. Sometimes the camera crops you poorly. It doesn't mean you aren't beautiful
