My son is almost 7 (in August) and was in an "accelerated/gifted" kindergarten class last year.
Earlier this spring his class was given the Otis Lennon School Ability Test to see who might be recommended for the 1st grade gifted program.
When we received his scores we were quite surprised. What we are most concerned about is drastic change in the non-verbal scores from the Kaufman Brief Intelligence test in spring 2009. On the Kaufman test he scored in the 98th percentile on the non-verbal portion and this year he scored in the 21st percentile on the non-verbal on the Otis test. This extreme drop in score is a bit of a red flag to me. As far as I�m aware, the non-verbal scores should be a bit closer in range from year to year regardless of what has been learned in class.
Could the Otis method of testing--in class in a group setting--really produce accurate results for squirrely kindergartners? I'm confused how the results could be so drastically different in the span of one year.
The school has agreed to test him again in August but I'm interested in hearing any thoughts you'd care to share about this issue.
