I am new to the arena of "gifted" children. My son has always been a little different in the way he sees the world around him. His teacher last year suggested that he take the GT assessment test given to enter the Gt program (CogAt) but it was too late to have him tested last year. We were new to the school discrict last year. His teacher noticed he was getting bored with the material and spoke more as an adult than a child. His teacher this year had him tested last Fall. He was not excepted because his composite score was only an 86 - (90 is needed for admission). His percentile ranks were 92 for Verbal, 71 for Quantitative and 87 for Non-verbal. He only scored a 71 in Quantitative because he didn't answer all the questions in the time given. He answered 46 our of 60 and all of his answers were correct. He just turned 9 and is in the 3rd grade. My question is, do these scores really mean anything? Why does it not matter that he got all the correct answers but just didn't finish the test? Aren't many gifted children perfectionists? My son can't go on to the next problem unless he is 100% sure of the answer. His teachers see him getting bored in class. He goes nuts when the other children have to read aloud. He scored a 9.3 on the STAR test last fall. I just want to keep his sense of wonder in learning.
Last edited by juliaaidansarah; 02/08/09 03:34 PM.
