[Oz-gifted] Update on L

[Alison Miller]

AFAIK you can do the WSPPI now and the WISC then too
alison


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ellen Hrebeniuk" <ehrebeniuk at optushome.com.au>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:26 AM
Subject: [Oz-gifted] Update on L


> You might remember that the school counsellor was considering how to 
> assess my five-year-old son L last term, with a view to a possible 
> Year skip.  Neither I nor the staff was particularly happy with the 
> idea of moving him up a year or two, for various reasons.
> 
> One difficulty was that L is now 5 years and 7 months, and WSPPI-III 
> is only valid for children up to age 6.  Both the counsellor and I 
> thought that he was too close to the age limit, and thus might hit 
> the test ceiling.  The documentation seems to indicate that *only* 
> year advancement requires the comprehensive formal testing, not less 
> extreme forms of acceleration.
> 
> I put forward the following tentative proposal, based on my knowledge 
> of his strengths:
> 
> * Put L into Year 1 next year.
> * Send him to whichever Year is appropriate for English -- preferably 
> the top class, if they are streamed, so that he sees excellence 
> modelled (the entire school takes English first thing in the morning)
> * Some kind of RPL and curriculum compacting in Maths.
> * Evaluation by all interested parties at end Term 1, by which time 
> he would be 6+, and old enough for WISC (if still required).
> 
> However, everyone still seems to be interested in assessing his IQ 
> now, to see what they are dealing with.  The counsellor spoke to some 
> Experts, who say that L "should not" ceiling the WSPPI-III.  We are 
> both a little skeptical about this!  However -- the counsellor raised 
> the issue of ceilings before I did, so I know she understands the 
> issues.  The plan is to test him on the WSPPI-III this week to give 
> us an indication of what is going on; ie, ammo for planning his 
> education next year.
> 
> Happily, another K teacher has found a little boy (B) in her class 
> who is reading at a similar level and getting bored (L listens to 
> what the Year 2s are learning, or chats).  L and B will be working 
> together on literacy and other work a couple of hours a week from now 
> on, and will be put into the same class next year.  I'm very pleased 
> with these efforts.
> -- 
> Ellen Hrebeniuk
> Sydney, Australia
> 
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> Nancy Pearl
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