Can some please give me some direction on how to help my son? He�s almost 5 (June) and we are planning on starting him in Kindergarten in the fall.
My gifted son did not qualify for our Public School District G/T program. They tested him using Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement. He had low scores on Letter-Word ID and Word Attack. He also had a low score on Weschler Nonverbal Scale of Ability.
This was quite a surprise for me. Based on previous testing (for a private school for the gifted) he had been identified as �Very Superior� gifted. His scores were: WJ-III Cognitive: GIA = 145 and his WPPSI-III Full Scale IQ is 137.
What is going on? Does it seem that he just had a �bad test� with the public school? Should I ask for a reassessment?
Here�s a more detailed summary of his testing:
1) WPPSI-III -- Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
Age: 3years, 3 months
(Private Testing)
Percentile Standard Score
Full Scale IQ 99 137
Verbal lQ 99.9 147
Performance IQ 87 117
2) Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities
Age: 4years, 3months
( Private School Testing)
Percentil Standard Score
GIA (Std) 99.9 145
VERBAL ABILITY (Std) >99.9 159
THINKING ABILITY (Std) 99 138
PHONEMIC AWARE >99.9 149
3) Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement
Age: 4years, 7months
(HISD testing)
Percentile
Letter-Word ID 60th
Applied Problems 97th
Word Attack less that 60th
Picture Vocabulary 98th
Quantitative Concepts 91st
Academic Knowledge 97th
4) Weschler Nonverbal Scale of Ability
Age: 4years, 7months
(HISD testing)
77th percentile
I am grateful for any advice.
Sincerely,
Laura
