Thanks Dottie, Violet, Cricket2, and Aimie Yermish. I appreciate the feedback. My DD will take 3rd Grade CogAT in the fall and I will wait to see the results before I decide on further testing.
Aimie, you had some interesting remarks. The WISC IV examiner told me that she had never seen anyone with the processing speed of my DD. The examiner said on one test designed as a two minute test that my DD finished with 40 seconds to spare. (I think she hit the ceiling on that test.) The examiner went on to say that she could not turn the pages fast enough, so DD totally took over the test. I think DD�s math scores were depressed, because the examiner asked her what she wanted to do, so she took the easy way out. Based on the worksheet given, DD was fully capable of doing all the problems that were included on the written math test...she just decided that she did not want to do them. On another portion of the test, the examiner said that DD would give her lots of information with details, but then not answer the question. I think that is what lowered her comprehension score.
I was surprised about the block design though�my DD would work puzzles all the time when she was 2-3 years old (left to right, right to left, top to bottom, and bottom to top) and could put together a 100 piece puzzle in less than 10 minutes and is a whiz with all the Think Fun puzzles. May have been test fatigue.
The other factor that may have depressed scores is the fact that my DD is an early bird. She is up at 5:00 a.m. in the morning and typically lulls a little in the afternoon. The test was given at 1:30 p.m. which was the only time that this particular examiner gave this type of test.
Again, thanks for the feedback! This forum is totally amazing! I wish I had found it about 6 years ago!
Last edited by TX G Mom; 08/04/10 03:43 AM.
