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I'm no expert, so I'll let the experts advise you. It does seem unfair that scores THAT amazingly high are too low, but there it is...

I'm glad the grade skip is working and that you have some good ammo for the future. Don't give up. Scores on future tests might work for DYS, so it's worth keeping it in mind even if you don't immediately try to test again.

Hi NNNgoose,
So glad to hear about the gradeskip working well. It would be nice to have those DYS scores, and I don't doubt that she'll get them some day, but for now the key thing is that she has learned that one has to 'work a bit' in order to learn. I hope she is happy academically and socially. Are you going to consider the private school for 5th grade?

Smiles,
Grinity

Hey there-

I emailed the psychologist who tested my kids, asking her if she could provide the raw scores for their WISCs. She actually had already gone through her high scorers and figured the extended scores, so was happy to send me the changes. Scores for both my son and daughter went up, though it was actually much more dramatic in my son's case. This was interesting, as their full scales had been almost identical, and now they are six points apart. My son's GAI went way up too, so it is now 13 points over my daughter's.

FWIW, I think these two kids are VERY close in overall intelligence. The difference highlighted by this extension seems to me to be basically the difference between my extroverted, people pleaser and my introverted perfectionist. I think Grinity said something about motivation and endurance and test ceilings a while ago, and I do believe parents should consider these factors too. Compliant kids might have slightly higher numbers but that doesn't mean that the non-compliant kids are any less brilliant...

Am I making any sense?

LOL! Yes, you would, Dottie! And I would, indeed, say that!

Yes, my son is the extroverted people pleaser, my daughter is more into doing what she wants to do, and she has perfectionist tendencies.

I just got a note back from the person who tested our son with the WISC last fall with updated results using the new scoring. His results increased somewhat in several subtests, and his VCI went up 12 points. I'm glad I emailed her. She's going to send me an updated/recalculated test report.

Tara

ooh! I am envious of the new report! I felt fortunate enough to get the email without being charged; a new report wasn't even on my radar!

very impressive change, too, Tara.

Although WISC-IV has been replaced with WISC-V, for anyone looking for the old WISC-IV Report 7, the updated link is:


This is also linked from Hoagies' Gifted Education Page:
https://www.hoagiesgifted.org/testing.htm