Hi, I'm new here. I've got 4 children. My oldest 2 are highly to exceptionally gifted and in a GT magnet school. My third child is 4 1/2 and I decided to have her tested for early entrance to K.
She started easy readers at 3 1/2, add/subtracts, writing well. Very intense, curious, etc. She counted since about 2 3/4. Did 24 piece puzzles at 2 yrs old. etc. She has a great vocabulary. Anyway, she seems to display gifted tendencies like my oldest two children.
I had the school psychologist test her last week and I was shocked to see her score come back at only 114. Her highest subtest was block design at a 15. We had a busy week and night before her testing. I debated bringing her. The tested noted in her report that "dd appeared to be tired, yawning at times, laying her head down on desk"....etc. She said that it still seemed a fair representation of her abilities.
From what I've read most times siblings are usually no more than 10 - 15 pts apart on IQ. Her score puts her much lower than her two older siblings.
What's the chance this is deflated? We were going to have Dr. Ruf evaluate her next year but wondering if it's a waste of time? Has anyone had a huge jump in IQ from one test to another or one time to another?
Thanks in advance for your input.
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