So I've had this confirmed from two sources that computer adaptive tests start in the middle and then adjust down or up as needed. That's exactly what I saw. DS6 finished the language arts today. He didn't score as well on this one b/c he was not wanting to do it. He guessed some correctly....intuition or just pure guessing I don't know. He scored 207. There are no 1st grade norms for Lang arts but it's 89-90th% for 2nd graders and he's a 1st grader so not too shabby lol.