[Oz-gifted] Needing your opinions

[Alison Miller]

try hoagies page,not sure of the addy.
alison
ps dd ,22,is average in all testing and in her Masters In Physics (she's
ADD/AS).


> Hi Fin,
> In the past the people (psychologists) that have tested her on IQ and
> achievement tests, said that it was due to her ld's causing havoc with
> the IQ tests, but no "real" explanation.
>
> The IQ tests included the WISCIII and Woodcock Johnston tests of
> cognitive abilities - third edition(WJIII COG) the achievement tests
> used on the two different occasions where the Wide Range Achievement
> Test second edition (WRAT-2) and Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
> 2nd ed (WIAT-II). Both achievement tests came out as around the same
> scores, although they were 3 years apart.
>
> Linda Silverman in the past has said "it is completely impossible for a
> child with an IQ score of 112 to obtain in the same time period, an
> achievement test score of 141..... and also test in the gifted range on
> the Ravens at the same time."
>
> She said the difference was probably to do with the timing of the tests.
>
> This time round the testing is being done by the gifted coordinator (one
> of the ladies you met with me the other night) All she knows is that
> Brooke is a quandary and that scores are never what they seem with her.
> She has no explanation.
>
> The tests that were used was the ACER Middle Years Ability Test (MYAT)
> this is a revised version of the ACER Intermediate Tests.  Usually the
> test is administered to a group in a 45 minute time slot, Brooke sat the
> test individually with no time limits. She was able to ask questions as
> needed, and did so on two occasions.
>
> The other test was the KTEA-2 Koffman Test of Educational Achievement.
>
> No she is not being asked to gauge her attitude to anything different,
> the aptitude tests were on literacy numeracy and non verbal reasoning.
> The KTEA-2 was on reading, comprehension, spelling, maths and written
> expression.
>
> By the way Fin, I talked to the Academies about the testing at the
> academies, and explained this little quirk with B.  They said they will
> make a note of it, and if she doesn't do well on the testing, that they
> will still look at other "modes" of entry to be included.  They said
> their job is not about keeping kids out of the academies, but trying to
> make sure it is the right option for them.  Thought you might like to
> know about that little bit of info.
>
> Cheers
>
> Michelle G
>
>
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