Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Identification, Testing & Assessment Some testing questions

Status update: no testing is necessary for now. My son went through the screening for kindergarten, which is not designed to screen for giftedness. We got a letter in the mail accepting my son to kindergarten. T

hen my wife spoke with the school district and set up a meeting with our to-be vice principal, whose administrative assistant said that the way they handle grade skips in this part of NH is that the teachers assess the kid over the space of two weeks for social readiness, etc. and some tests are done one at a time during that period. If he does well in those tests, he will be skipped ahead at the end of the two weeks. I'm not sure what the chances are that he'll be skipped more than one grade, but I think I only want him skipped one grade right now anyway at a maximum.

I think this sounds like a pretty good system. It gives them a chance to see if he's emotionally/socially ready or would be better off in kindergarten. The testing is spread out, instead of being concentrated into a more stressful half a day or whatever. And it's free. I'm not sure who does the actual tests, but we'll find that out at the meeting.

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I am new here. My son is 4.5 years old. We live in seacoast area, NH. My son is advanced in reading and math. He is reading at level gr. 1-2 books. Doing simple addition and substraction. He has expressive language delay that make him left behind in social and emotional skills.

Any information about testing in NH area ? How much the cost ?

Hi! We are in the Nashua area, and our son has just turned 5, so are in a similar boat. We contacted a couple of psychologists, including Aimee Yermish in Massachusetts. She gave us some good advice, and quoted us a rough figure for testing and some follow-up.

I would contact psychologists in the area, and just keep asking what they offer in terms of tests and rates. You can try contacting the local school system psychologist, if there is one-- sometimes, apparently, they do testing on the side. Another thing I read here in the last couple of days is that you can sometimes get a local college or university to do testing for cheap or free, if they have a psychology program (testing would be done by a student).

Why do you want the testing, for use with the public school system or for another purpose? If you are going to use it for a school, especially a NH public school, I would first start by reading the local school district's rules and following up with the local administration to see what they may accept.

Lucounu: thanks for your info and advise.

we will find further information about school distric rules.