Thanks so much for your perspective!
I don't feel a PhD is necessary (in our state, many of the more experienced school psychs have EdS degrees instead); I'm mostly just wondering about overall testing expertise. My understanding is that this intern hasn't worked in an assessment-heavy field before this. But I totally agree with you that there are other significant factors, and I'm encouraged by your input as someone actually working in this area.
I also learned today that it's the RIAS they'll be administering, and a SP friend told me she wouldn't be as concerned about experience with that particular test (short and simple), so that was reassuring. She also felt it was highly likely that a kiddo in the 99th percentile on the KBIT would end up placed in the program, since they'll be using a matrix from this point on to make that determination. So fingers crossed all goes well from here on!
