They actually would accept an outside test. We would need to find out which one(s). I wonder if repeating the test with a different tester or having a similar but different test they would accept would make a difference? She has always displayed certain traits (like putting together 50 piece puzzles when she was 2, writing and creating her own chapter books last year, creative thinking etc...) that we thought were "special" but we never pushed to have her tested until we received these results. Now we were thinking we should have asked her to be tested earlier. We are wondering if she would have taken a WASI type test when she was younger if she would have been in the program all along. Also, does anyone know if the WASI and similar tests are aged based (i.e. do the consider how old the child is when choosing questions or just their grade or even that?). It seems like several of the kids I know in the gifted program that are in her grade are almost a full year older than her chronologically.
