I feel a bit confused about IQ results that are for young kids. While the pyschologist we went to and a lot of posters here tend to say they may end up on the "low" side due to difficulty getting testing conditions just right for young kids.. however for DYS the cutoff is actually higher (at 150) then for tests for older kids Like the WISC-IV.
The reason this is relevent to me now is that my DD5 scored 147 on the WPPSI. We just had a meeting with the school principal who said that they don't even do aptitute testing until 2nd grade because the results are not reliable. She seemed to be arguing that just because my DD had matured enough to get high results, other high achievers in her class were still not there yet, but would score high in a few years. So its easier at this point when less kids are "ready" for the test, to score high. While i've never heard this argument before, and was wondering if she is just trying to put us off, it is an interesting argument and was wondering if anyone here thought it had any merit at all.
irene
