Thank you again. Hopefully the "test score queen" will arrive and shed some light on what the SS scores are supposed to mean/point to. I will take any input with a huge grain of salt in light of the age of testing (5y,10m) and his early reading, as you indicate. He does read above grade level but I don't know how one gauges this. His math (which is easier to gauge) is above grade level but not crazily so based on what I have heard about (obviously there are the ones who finish high school at 10 but even kids five and six years ahead of grade level). He is finishing up grade 5 in Singapore Math (and I guess if he was in the U.S. he would be in the first half of second grade, which would be 3.5 yrs ahead).
In Argentina, they do not accelerate kids (as far as I have heard). Up to this past year, he was homeschooled but we put him in a regular school this year. He was totally and completely bored this past year but we are switching schools to a more challenging environment (hopefully) but I'm sure it will not be like the school in Seattle he tested into where all kids are working at least two years ahead of grade level. I do worry that he will struggle at the new school but there are countervailing factors like being more integrated in Argentine society and having a chance to do band and organized sports and chess, etc., etc.
Also, I rummaged up one other thing from the admission letter. There was something called CogAT and he had SAS scores as follows: Verbal 150; Quantitative 148. I don't know if that is part of the WJ or something separate that provides different information about his aptitudes (again, factoring the young age at time of testing and his early reading).
I think I would much appreciate anyone's insight into what even the range of SS scores is because the report we received is a total mystery to me.
Last edited by TangoDad; 11/24/09 10:42 AM. Reason: Update
