Interesting about whether to call it a test or not. DS6 was tested at 4 and the psychologist didn't call it a test, just said that it was to figure out how his brain works and how to help him best when he gets to school. That seemed to work well (not that he would have cared had she used the word test). Then a few months ago he was asking to go and play with the psychologist again and do some of those games. I had to explain to him that it was a test and what it was for and that we can't just go hang out with her all the time (although we do still keep in touch and she has helped advocate for him some). He seemed to understand somewhat, but still said he wanted to go do some more testing sometime : ) I think it was one of the first times he has ever done anything challenging so he liked it. This year at 5yo the school had him take the state tests for math that was end of 3rd grade just to get a better idea of how to place him next year. It was his first time taking a real "test" and he loved it (his favorite part I think was filling the little bubbles on the scantron).
