Thanks, Nan.
Yes, we do think that DYS is a possibility, but of course we don't know that for sure. Honestly, I go through periods of thinking that she's definitely at that level and periods of thinking that there's just no way. Like I said, she's been confounding me.
The tester we will be using will probably be a student under supervision of an expert wrt testing gifted kids. It costs much less that way (and we genuinely cannot afford said expert's regular fee). I don't know if we'd really get to talk to the student ahead of time. I guess I do need to make a list of questions to ask.
I wonder if anyone would recommend the WJ for a 5-year-old. I'll admit that I'm biased against it, probably for no good reason. But it does seem like she'd have more of a ceiling.
