Hi aeh - thank you for responding. I suspected they may have also given him an achievement test since she pulled grades. They do not tell the parents what tests will be administered because a couple of years ago the GATE office calculated that statistically there were too many kids being identified as gifted. They went back and retested a whole bunch of children and discovered that some parents were gaming the system. They used to give the Raven, but apparently the Raven is online so they discovered they had some kids who had been prepped by their parents even to the point of the kids memorizing the test the night before. So now whatever testing we get is closely guarded secret until after the fact, which makes very good sense to me.
However I assume they gave him the WISC V because they can't give him the WISC IV as it hasn't been two years plus it's too old now. I requested they give him a comprehensive test, so I think that pretty much leaves them with the V. I appreciate that the school assessor spent so much time with him, since he got a good nights rest and a good breakfast I am going to assume she got an accurate picture of what his abilities are. Now I just have to wait.
