I am not anywhere near a testing expert, but I just wanted to say that I'm not surprised that your DD didn't do as well on the Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test. This test, as I understand it, really is unable to adress kiddos with very high verbal abilities. In fact, I have read in various places, that it isn't a particularly great test for looking for giftedness in general. Where is does succeed is in identifying kids who have some language difficulty, be it with non-native english speakers or with kids whose strenghts are non-verbal. Our school district, which has a lot of non-native english speakers, has adopted this now as one of their primary tests. My daughter had already been tested with the WPPSI and the KABC and scored as HG, and when the SD decided to adopt the NNVAT they asked if they could give it to DD8 to see how her scores corresponded. The didn't correspond at all! In fact, I remember the GT coordinator saying that the test is very short, so that right there, in my book, means it has limitations(and DD8 reportedly blew right through it and the tester didn't attempt to slow her down at all).
