DD is one of those admitted on achievement scores and portfolio - but as Dottie said, it was a test for "older" kids (ACT) and I had quite a bit of portfolio material to choose from. Where things might have been questionable, I tried to photocopy the original "rough draft" DD had created before typing something. I also included a little cover sheet explaining what every piece was, its intent, how old she was when she completed it, etc. (Of course, I'm one of those packrat moms who saved little scraps of paper with "harder math problems, Mom, please" on them so that made it easier.)
If you have to choose which test to spend money on, I'd go for the WISC. Just my personal bias. Our local university does testing on a sliding fee scale, so you might ask about that too.
Oops, almost forgot, we have Dottie to thank for encouraging us to apply!!!
