Here's what I would like you to ask GDC: Is there a time when you imagine it will no longer make sense to administer the SB-LM? What be the determinant that this time has come?
Outside of the GDC everyone else accepts this test is out of date. You would be getting results that aren't usable for any advocacy purpose for your child because the test is so out of date and is no longer secure. Aside from a few preschools out there it won't be accepted for admittance to any program.
If they do not believe it is possible to get an accurate score on the WISC IV they should be using the SB5 which is the current version of the test. If you need more than IQ testing then they should use acheivement testing. I would really question in 2010 the value of paying for the SB-LM. It seems to me the main benefit at this point in time is to hear a huge number for kids who don't top out other tests. Just anecdotal, but I've talked to enough parents who were told by the GDC that their kids were VSL with auditory processing disorders that it makes me skeptical about center.
And, for what it is worth, I say this as a parent of a child who took the SBLM after topping out other tests. I can't imagine paying money for the test now that the SB5 is available.
