A few weeks ago the New York Times posted an article about the inaccuracy of preschool IQ tests, in particular in relation to competitive kindergarten admissions in New York. Recently they posted an article about a number of states (including Pennsylvania) that will soon offer testing allowing students to graduate from high school up to two [...]
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After waiting two weeks, I finally heard back from the school psychologist about C’s achievement testing. I found out that they gave him portions of the WIAT-II and the WJIII. I’m not sure why they mix the two or why they just chose a handful of the subtests. He scored in the gifted range on each [...] C had his achievement testing today and it wasn’t at all what I expected. I figured he would be taking something like the group achievement test he had in kindergarten. This was the normal multiple-choice type test with a number 2 pencil, where the test today was an individual achievement test. The psychologist asked him most [...] Our public school district finished C’s IQ testing this morning and asked that he come back next week for achievement testing. After that there are more tests once the reading specialists and guidance counselors return. It’s a bit frustrating that they insisted on retesting C rather than accepting his private testing, but luckily C doesn’t seem [...] After going around numerous times with various people at our school district, I actually got a call today saying they could start his testing Thursday. I’m hoping C will be healthy at that point, since he was just a little fatigued today, but otherwise ok. They said the testing may extend into another day and that [...] My thanks go to Dazey on the Davidson Gifted Forum for posting information on a free recorded webinar on Understanding IQ Testing and Special Programming for Advanced and Gifted Learners from UCIrvine. I know a lot of people come across my blog looking for information on gifted testing. I highly recommend watching this webinar to get [...] I took the time today to write to both of my state legislators about supporting gifted education. I specifically mentioned the problems my family has experienced with our local school district and the the flaws in chapter 16 that allowed them. If you’re in Pennsylvania, you can go to www.legis.state.pa.us and look up your legislators using [...] First, I have to thank Lisa from the Mensa BrightKids mailing list for sharing information with me about gifted children who are late talkers. As I mentioned in previous posts, C was a bit of a late talker. He didn’t say much of anything until he was 16 months old, but then quickly caught up after he made [...] I recently saw an ad for a website that proclaims it can help your child do better on gifted testing. It brought to mind something I was told about maybe a year ago by a former coworker. She said that the area where she used to live had such highly competitive private schools that parents often [...] I think normal must be a relative term in most contexts. Everyone’s normal is often apt to be different. For example, my sister has twin girls. To her, parenting twins is normal. She has nothing else to compare it to after all. For me, normal has been raising a gifted child. Being overly focused on his [...] |
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