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I recently had my child, age 7.6 tested. My child had the following scores
VC 130
PR 147
WM 129
Processing 138
FSIQ 147
The psychologist failed to calculate the extended norms and has not gotten back to me regarding my request for a recalculation. Quite frankly, I don't think that she understands how to apply them. Several people including our school psychologist indicated that the extended norms should have been calculated. My child scored "19" on three subtests. Using the WISC technical report on extended norms, subtest scores for block design, matrix reasoning and coding would be 20, 21, and 19, respectively. I don't understand how the subtest scores affect the FSIQ. I assume that the PR score would be higher. Could the use of extended norms push my child's score into the highly gifted category? Could another psychologist look at my child's raw scores and provide a valid calculation? Is this worth pursuing? what difference does it make?

If you have all the scaled scores, I think you can use the Technical Report #7 to figure out the FSIQ.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these scores already in the HG+ category?

I think so...

thanks for the feedback. There is a local conference recommended for parents of HG kids and their flyer indicated HG was defined as 150 and above. As for our school environment, I don't think that the numbers change anything.

The number in the flyer seems off. On the more modern tests, 150 can be considered PG. Maybe the 150 comes from a lesser-used test, or they're referring to old tests. Here's a chart that's useful: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/highly_profoundly.htm