Hi everyone,
My son is a fifth grader in Illinois and we recently had him take the NUMATS. He is the youngest in his class bc we oved from VA where the cutoffs are different. He didn't prepare for it at all, I simply explained that it would be much harder than any other test he's taken and to not worry about it and just have fun. We have known that he is gifted for a long time, showed all the 'classic' signs as a baby/toddler. He's only taken the Otis Lennon at the end of 3rd grade in Virgina (for their GT Magnet school) and scored at the 99th percentile in all areas. He also took the IOWAs last year in school (4th grade) and got a grade equivalency score of 11.5 overall- with subjects as high as a 13 and as low as a 7 (from what I understand it refers to what grade level you're at).
I was happy to have found out about the NUMATS because I figured above level testing would give me a more accurate score. He scores came out:
English- 23 (97th)
Reading- 22 (94th)
Science- 25 (100th)
Math-21 (94th)
Composite- 23 (99.2)
Is there another test that I can have him take that would give me a better idea of his abilities? Would these scores be considered hitting a 'ceiling' or is that if everything was in the 99th percentile?
People speak of so many different IQ tests here that I wouldn't know what to have him take even if we were to get him formally tested.
I'm totally clueless- any advice would be nice. I want to talk to someone at the middle school he will be attending and I feel like I need 'proof' to get him into accelerated classes in certain subjects without grade skipping. I'm very uncomfortable with grade skipping.
Thanks!
