Not DYS level (he is DYS)
. I am interested to see what the talent pool results say. We were hoping that the scores would be high enough that advocacy would be easier if we move, especially if we need to try to get him into a gifted program. These don't seem to show DYS level work, particularly taking into account that he's in some 6th grade classes. Other standardized tests have been at the maximum scores (grade level-tests, though).
Composite 18
English 16 (92% in rhetorical, 61% in usage/mechanics...)
Math 16
Reading 18
Science 20 (I think he said this was the hardest!)
Am back on this topic as I'm trying to make sense of the BESTS talent search report. According to the Percentile Ranking tables, these scores range from 71%-95% (Science) and are a 92% composite vs. 4th graders who took the test. I'm thinking that means he is not performing (on this test) at a high level vs. his peers. His percentile rankings against 6th graders for English, Reading and Math range from 28-61% (he's accelerated in those classes). So what to make of all that?
Is the sample skewed to DYS level kids?
Did he have a bad testing day?
Material he's covered doesn't match test?
Color me confused. I was hoping this would provide clarity... but am still asking "What does this tell me?"
