Well, I have an update and a quick question. I had decided that we would just wait to test until DD turned 6, but when DH got home he disagreed. It is so rare that he disagrees with me (LOL) that I tend to let him make the decisions whenever he does. So, we are going to have DD assessed in the next few days/weeks.
I am of half a mind to just go in and let them decide what tests would be most appropriate (I've been told they will most likely do both IQ & achievement testing). They are experts, after all, not just random psychs off the street.
But then the other part of my mind can't quite let go of the idea that I need to go in there knowing what tests I think would be best and why. I'm pretty clear that the WPPSI is not ideal, so I guess for IQ it'd be the SB, the DAS, or the WJ (and I'm not a fan of the WJ). Any thoughts on what is best?
I don't know much about achievement, so I'm at a bit of a loss there. Is there anything, really, besides the WJ, and, if so, is it better? My major concern is that DD doesn't have all the basics down yet (e.g., saying the names of letters), yet she can do much higher-level stuff (e.g., reading fluently). So theoretically the best sort of test would be one that wouldn't penalize her too much for saying "s" when she sees a "c," and would let her go on to read "stupendous" or "marshmallow" or whatever.
