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Not exactly extended norms, but it appears that, as of March 2017, Linda Silverman and Susan Engi Raiford of Pearson have developed an Expanded General Ability Index ("Gifted Index"), which is somewhere between the old WISC-IV GAI and the new WISC-V GAI. It consists of the four subtests in the Verbal Expanded Crystallized Index (VECI) and the four in the Expanded Fluid Index (EFI), combined into an eight-subtest composite index. Unfortunately, I have not yet determined how anyone other than GDC can calculate this.

Thanks aeh for this information. I got an opportunity to attend Dr. Silverman's session on the expanded indices, last month. My DS was tested with WISC-V too, but I think the psychologist did not administer all of the tests in each section. In this case, I believe he may need to be retested when the extended norms are out. Please correct me if I am wrong.

AEH,
I saw Dr. Silverman's presentation with the Dr. from Pearson at the NAGC conference last Nov. She mentioned that together they had put together the new testing model (EGAI). She passed out a large packet of presentation notes although I am not sure I still have the copy. Anyway, there was mention of her office (GDC) doing the testing for the 1st 6-12months if I recall correctly. I am assuming that after that time, Pearson would release the technical report on the changes so that testers could utilize the changes. I am going to call GDC as we are having updated testing done in October (here locally ) so if available, I would like to have it included as part of our testing.

Updating this old thread:
The publisher has released the EGAI (Expanded General Ability Index) tables that Linda Silverman and GDC were working on with them:

Thanks for this information! My dd is missing the arithmetic test, but it seems like this measure could be very useful for her if we could get that test added later (it's been about 3 months since she was tested).

Its still not extended norms.

Yeah. It's looking less like that's a priority for them (both Pearson and GDC).

Which is such a shame for children who have spikey profiles and would have more benefit from extended norms by subtest than this measure, which is of course still very interesting and useful.

I apologize if this has been discussed already, but it looks like extended norms were finally released for the WISC-V in November.

Nope! We didn't discuss it earlier. Looks like they'll have some utility for children up until about age 11 or 12, with diminishing returns beyond that age.