Hello, I am new, and am hoping some more experienced members can shed some light and perspective.
My daughter goes to a gifted school. She took the WPPSI-iii when she was 4 years 10 months and scored a full scale 143, verbal 145 and performance 140. The only category with a discrepancy is in the processing subtest coding, where she scored in the 75%.
We (both school and home) have been noticing attention issues, especially in subjects she doesn't care as much about. In an attempt to figure out what is going on (primarily wanting to ensure she maintains a positive narrative of herself as a student), we just began screening for ADHD. Our psychologist specializes in gifted, and part of the screening includes a new IQ test, which will be the WISC-v.
I have been doing research on the test and aside from an abundance of information from Pearson, have heard over and over that scores on the WISC-v are lower. I'm wondering how and why that is so. I know there are new subtests, but it doesn't seem right that there are potentially 10 points lost on most scores, especially when measures expectations for programs haven't changed.
Please know, we're not placing huge emphasis on these scores, but I'd like to have as much of an understanding as possible.
Thanks in advance!
