I appreciate all of your responses. I'm new to all of this, so I need to take some time to research all of the acronyms and different testing types and scales. You all have given me some tools for further thought.
Has anyone heard of the SAGES2 that was given to ds before he took the WASI? I haven't seen anything about it, and I have not been given access to his score. The only thing I was told was that my son scored high enough to move to the next round and that it was a very difficult test.
As for the question regarding the experience of the tester, I don't know for certain. I do know that the counselors at the individual elementary schools in our district are the people who administer the WASI and that the district representative who I spoke to said that they would use a district psychologist to administer the WISC. He sounded as though this is what they do to appease parents who question the score of the WASI, but that he did not feel that it was going to make a difference. He was very placating during our conversation, but made sure to keep telling me that just because ds is bright doesn't mean he would or should qualify for the gifted program. I am quite unhappy with the way things are going, but he is the director of the STRETCH program here, so there is no one to escalate to. I am also aware that ds may indeed not end up qualifying, but I can't help but fight for this due to the experiences we have had so far. There are also some outside factors that I feel could be being considered by the tester in her interpretation of his answers. I live in the Midwest, and we don't fit what is considered the norm for families here and have actually been treated pretty poorly by district employees who do not agree with our family composition, including his first two teachers and the first principal he had. It's just so difficult to sort through all of these factors.
I appreciate your patience in assisting me, especially since we may really not end up qualifying for this type of forum when this is all said and done, anyway. Thank you all for your help. I'm really hoping for the best!
