Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy How common is VIQ/NVIQ discrepancy?

I agree with you. After DD's first experience with the NNAT, I did some informal research on the NNAT (via the internet and polling of GT teachers) and I found that the NNAT is not well received in some circles. One GT teacher told me that they've seen kids score in the 80th percentile or lower on the NNAT and in the 99th percentile on the OLSAT.

We were shocked that DD did not qualify for services, and so were her teachers. She scores high on achievement tests (SAT, DIBELS, STAR reading, etc.) and scored high on her creativity assessment this year, too. I would guess that her IQ is in the 120-130 range, although her VIQ could be much higher than that. The NNAT has left us discouraged and confused. In AL, the GATE program serves gifted kids and also high achievers who may not have IQ's in the gifted range but who score high enough in other areas to qualify. They use a point system, and 17 out of 20 points qualifies a kid for services, and 14/20 points qualifies a kid for individual testing. DD scored 9/10 points in performance and 4/5 points in gifted characteristics. She got 0 points for aptitude. An OLSAT/NNAT score of at least 124 would qualify her with the other scores she has now. An OLSAT/NNAT score of 115 would qualify her for an individual IQ test. She will take the OLSAT in the spring with the rest of the 3rd graders (as part of achievement testing). Does all of this make sense? Do you see how close we are???