Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Confused about DAS vs other tests

I apologize ahead of time for my ignorance in the area of tests and scoring. I'm trying to learn and make sense of all of this!

My DD was given the DAS. Does the IQ score from that test translate differently to a Stanford Binet or Weschler score?

Also, I know the PPVT is not an IQ test but do her scores correlate to IQ?

http://alpha.fdu.edu/psychology/Validity.htm

This is also interesting, I think:
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/newiqtests.htm

Does that help?
Grinity

My son got the WISC at 6 years 9 months (school setting) and the DAS at 7 years 3 months (private assessment) while we explored the possibility of learning disabilities. The WISC could not be repeated in that time frame, and in some ways I am a bit sorry we didn't wait longer because there are such wild swings between the verbal scores on those two tests the combination of all results was even more confusing (perceptual/visual remained pretty stable in the bright range and so did working memory in the impaired range, which didn't seem to bother anybody).

I am still trying to figure out if the comprehension subtest of the DAS is even comparable to the comprehension subtest of the WISC, since my son went from 50th to 99.9th percentile between the two tests.

I am also starting to wonder how much tester bias influences all that testing (not necessarily only IQ/achievement, but all neuropsychological assessments), in my most paranoid moments.

I'll also note that the DAS seems to be considered a more fine grained tool for assessing kids for learning disabilities than the WISC. What was the contest of your testing?

Wow. That's one wild swing. I, too, wonder about testing. I've decided to think of it as a "snapshot of my child's abilities on a particular day and dc's ability on that day to show them to the tester"

She was just a little over the 3 at the time of testing. We took her in for an evaluation for behavior issues. I had no idea they would give her an IQ test so it all came as a surprise to me. She (now almost 4) just did the PPVT a couple weeks ago as part of a speech eval for auditory processing issues.

That does help me understand the comparisons a little better. Thank you!

Did the behavior issues resolve? Did the DAS shed light on what was causing the behavior?

The psychologist said her behaviors were most likely attributed to high IQ. She is a perfectionist and very intense child. I really have no idea what to do to help her!

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Mine is 15 now, and a 'gentleman' most of the time - but he certianly qualified for all three of the above. (which is why I asked - it was so hard to find a 'disipline book' that didn't make things worse!)

We've got lots of suggestions from BTDT Moms and Dads.

If your DD was in Daycare with agemates did you stick with it or find a place that fit her better?

Search 'Sleep' and 'Argue' and 'OverExcitabilities' - at the very least you'll see you aren't alone!

Smiles,
Grinity