I had posted my son's WPPSI test scores in another posting, he was five years eleven months when he took the WPPSI and he seemed to do well. After the testing was complete I looked at one of the problems towards the end of the test, and I had no idea what the answer was...my son jumped up and down and excitedly told me the answer. So, I'm not sure that the questions are easy by any means. Quite humbling, lol. I would tend to agree with Dottie, I think the WPPSI is probably designed to be geared towards younger kids, but mainly to hold their attention. We tested at the time to rule out other issues that teachers seems to be leaning towards because of his disruptive behavior. We got our answer, and the test served its purpose. Since then we moved back home (we were living internationally) and he is doing very well academically, however, he still "talks too much". I guess it depends on what you need the results for. We tested with a psych that works with a lot of gifted kids, you might want to look for a tester experienced with that population that can help you advocate or give you suggestions, as ours did. How nice to have the option of GAT classrooms. Our school district is one that sees all children as having gifts, and does not grade skip. They are accommodating him OK for now with pull outs, but we are cautiously optimistic long term. Our district is known as one of the best in the State, so it's hard to advocate when they continue to say that their results speak volumes. Good luck with whatever decision you make re testing.
