He was 6 when he took these tests, he is now almost 9,so maybe I should do the WISC??? He was also sick, which I am not sure matters, evidently he did very well on the area we thought he would which was math, and some other areas which were surprising.
All the information is on the report RPI, PR, SS, Functioning Level, and Grade.
Thanks for all your help. Any other thoughts keep them coming.
It sounds like one of your goals is to learn more in general, another one is to determine if a gradeskip is a good idea. Gifted is often considered scores over 130. Usually these sorts of tests are created in such a way so that the average score is 100, and the Standard Deviation is between 14 and 16 (usually 15.)
http://www.techbookreport.com/tutorials/stddev-30-secs.htmlSo the scores don't actually measure 'how smart' someone is, but rather, how unusual it is to score x number right at a particular age. And of course, kids who score an unusal number right for their age and usually quite smart.
A kid who scores 115 is more unusual than 84% of kids her age,
A kid who scores 130 is more unusual than 98% of kids her age,
A kid who scores 145 is more unusual than 99.9% of kids her age, in that particular area, be it height or correct answers on a vocabular test.
http://www.google.com/imgres?start=225&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1024&bih=567&addh=36&tbm=isch&tbnid=Z-0Y0NIDi4YnuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.pearsonassessments.com/pai/ai/research/resources/Glossary.htm&docid=-ttrTCdGfefKNM&imgurl=http://www.pearsonassessments.com/hai/images/NR/curve.gif&w=345&h=206&ei=P1NiT6buFYrb0QH2q_yOCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=265&sig=116151818675506023287&page=20&tbnh=131&tbnw=219&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:225&tx=111&ty=77
As you can see, most kids clump in the so called 'meaty middle' and over at the 'tail' where you child is in math and 'little bit more unusual' makes a big difference in just how unusual a kid is.
I hope that helps. If you main worry is the gradeskip, then find out from the school what they would need to do to assure themselves that it's the right thing and go with that (ok, post it here to make sure it's reasonable first)
If it's hard to find social friends who are similar to your kid, or a way to hang out (network) with other parents who might be facing similar challenges, then joining some kind of group might be a good idea, and having up to date documentation might be helpful. As children get older, the tests aren't as good at having quite enough test items that are hard enough to really show how unusual a child is, so 8 to 9 is a good age. This is too bad for us, but understandable due to 'how unusual' our kids actually are.
My guess is that if you take the time to type details about what is confusing and what are your concerns and hopes, just that alone will make everything less confusing. Having a group of 'neighbors' who can say, 'oh yes, we had to overcome that, too.' makes our minds work better. My guess is that you probably don't have too many local friends who are right in the middle of raising kids that you can freely share with, because most people have very fixed (and mistaken) ideas about what 9 year olds need to be like. I've often said that my son was on an 'alternate' developmental path to remind myself that there is a difference between saying that '98% of x year olds do _________' and 'All x year olds do _______' and if your kid is part of that 2% it can be a very big difference.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
If he's had any state testing yet or other in-school testing where he has high scores, you can use them too ... but... you shouldn't need to with the WJ-III scores he has.