Hello! I'm new to the whole "gifted" world and the last few months have been very overwhelming. My daughter was tested right before her 5th birthday at the urging of her program's director, and we only went through with it to see if we needed to make serious decisions around her elementary school choice.
She had the SB5 test administered by a psychologist and we were pretty blown away when she had an FSIQ score of 148, with both verbal and nonverbal scores being identical. Her quantitative reasoning was the only outlier of 137, but all of the other subtest scores were between 140 and 150.
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I thought we were safe in getting her tested right before her 5th birthday since i read that the scores were pretty reliable after 4.5, but i heard recently that after 6 is the best time to test. I apologize for a long-winded post, but i worry that we are making a decision to skip based on her IQ score and maybe she will end up struggling later on unnecessarily due to our decision.
Has anyone else worried about the validity of high scores and making big decisions based on them? Should i just wait to see how her kindergarten year plays out?
Thank you in advance!
Last edited by ann55; 08/14/17 12:45 PM. Reason: privacy - personal details
